I thought it was difficult to photograph birds in flight, but I am beginning to get the hang of it … or let’s just say I am slowly improving! Lately I have not seen many birds, but the moths and butterflies have been all over the place! So I had this bright idea to try to photograph them … or at least one!

Every photo was with their wings closed tight … not helpful for identification, nor for seeing their beauty! So click, click, click and burst of clicks with hopes of capturing a butterfly in the photo frame! Finally, I got a photo of a butterfly which I think is horribly named … Southern Dogface … really!?! I would rather call it by its scientific name: Zerene cesonia. The upper side of the pointed forewings supposedly have a dogface pattern, you decide.

The yellow underside of the wings have a black eyespot on the forewing and two white spots on the hindwing. Good to know since I see these butterflies this way the majority of the time when trying to photograph them.

I will keep at this challenge of photographing butterflies since at least it continues to teach me to be more patient while watching wildlife. Who knows, I may learn about another butterfly too!