A few Butterflies and a Hummingbird in the yard

Skipper on Blanket Plant bloom.

Two skippers on a zinnia bloom.

The next 3 photographs are a Variegated Fritillary.

Sorry I didn't have the correct lens on when this single hummingbird came for a very short visit to the zinnias in one of my flowerbeds next to the driveway.

Silver Spotted Skipper

Well, the White Cabbage Butterflies were first, then the skippers started.

Have seen a few other butterflies, but not many.

There are lots of different skippers in my yard,

but all of these photographs are the Silver Spotted Skipper.

Hope it wasn't too wet for them this spring, we sure had the rain.

I will still be out there trying to capture the butterflies that do come to my yard.

They all seem to like my zinnia patch, and it is larger this year than last year.

Mary at Faith, Fabric and Photos has a post of the Silver Spotted Skipper, she talks about the White Elephant. Can't really see it in my photos here, but you need to check out her post. I will keep a look out for this marking in the future.

Long Tailed Skipper

I took these photographs of a Long Tailed Skipper last summer. I have been going through my photographs trying to id the butterflies I couldn't last summer.

I even caught this one in flight.

Love his long tail, he just looks so different than the other skippers around here.

I cropped this last photo partly to get rid of the ugly dead leaf he was on, and partly to get a closer look at him.

Various Skippers on various flowers

These were also taken earlier in the year, had this post ready for quite awhile. Pushed for time, so am posting them now. Notice these were prepared before my new computer blues.

Skippers on the Butterfly Bush

I photographed these skippers on my Butterfly Bush in early July.

Sulphur on zinnia

Notice the skipper in flight. These Sulphur photos were taken mid July in my yard.