Butterflies

Mourning cloaks must have been sumptuous to have inspired the common name of this butterfly. These overwinter locally, tucking themselves into bark crevices and the like.

Ubiquitous Cabbage Whites making more Cabbage Whites.

American Ladies were fluttering ashore along the Rockaway Peninsula on Monday, the warmest day of the year so far. They move up the coast in spring. People were spotting them all over the city. I saw at least a dozen over the beaches and dunes, but they were so mobile I only got one long-shot.