The American Copper butterflies are so colorful with their vibrant orange and black colors. I saw this American Copper at Fort Hill on the side of the trail. I almost missed it as when their wings are closed up they are a light grey with tiny black dots. It’s only when they open their wings that you can see the beautiful orange and black.
American Copper butterflies are small, only about 1″ with orange forewings and about 8 black dots and a black outer edge.
Have you ever seen an American Copper butterfly?
I was out in the yard early this morning when I heard the call of Northern Flickers everywhere. I looked up in the tree and there were 5 of them… 2 adults and 3 smaller ones,. They looked too big to be chicks but they were all hanging out together so maybe they were parents and chicks? The small ones were pretty big, but Northern Flickers are pretty big too.
They were bantering back and forth and flying back and forth for a while when this smaller one landed on our birdbath for a drink of water.
He’s just beautiful, don’t you think?
