Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

By Corey • May 20, 2007 • 3 comments

getting some nectar

While visiting my grandmother today I took some time to investigate what bugs were hanging out on her lilac bushes. There were lots of cool bugs, but nothing could top this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.

and againâ€¦

It was such a gorgeous specimen that I followed it when it flew to the other lilac bush!

same buttefly, different bush

A day with the family, food, butterflies, and lilacs. I really don’t have much to complain about…except that I heard both Carolina Wren and Fish Crow while I was visiting my folks. That was enough to drive me crazy considering we missed both species yesterday on the Century Run!

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Corey

Corey is a lifelong upstate New Yorker who recently took the plunge and moved to the city. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list and broke the magical 300 barrier in New York State in 2007 by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative. He lives near Forest Park in Queens with Daisy and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.