The Brown Veined White migration is still in full swing and the garden is like an endless stream of fragile, almost diaphanous wings, from sunup until sundown when our migrants alight on the lavender bushes and rest for the night.
As mentioned before, there are other butterflies in among the main body. Whether these are along for the ride I do not know, but I have seen several species.
Here’s another shot of a Common Orange Tip I shot this morning.
Has your brother ever been down to Canberra to watch the cockatoo migration? They come up from he south, and I think they actually wind up somewhere around Sydney, but in Canberra they hang around for a few weeks. It’s great. We had one walk into the living room (literally, walk in while we were watching TV), take a look around, go to the kitchen, and stayed for 2 weeks.
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He’s never mentioned anything
I could ask him.
Cockatoo taking up temp residence.
Now there’s a story!
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We called her Helen. Cool bird. Would spend the day in and out of the kitchen, and the night in the living room.
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Who was on Poop Patrol?
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Can’t quite recall. Ladies don’t shit in the living room, do they?
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It may be that they are all headed the same way, and there is safety in numbers. Butterflies are so fragile…
I love the image of a cockatoo holing up in your kitchen for two weeks, John, And after all, why not. Had a friend who came home from shopping one day to find a white duck sitting on her step. Not damaged, just sitting. She opened the door and it walked in, settled under her kitchen table and that was it. She said it got along fine with the cat…
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Beautiful photo!
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Thank you. The subject was most obliging.
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That’s a cracking shot Ark.
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Was rather pleased with it myself. The blu tak helped.
🙂
Here’s an article on the current SA Brown Veined White migration you might like to read.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/528730980551483?view=permalink&id=2743716189052940
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Pioneer Caper Whites, come on Ark get the name right! Fascinating reading hope to see a few more shots of these butterflies with two names.
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OR Brown veined whites.
Come on Mr. B … read the bloody article properly.
There is a move afoot (always wanted to write that!) to try to standardize all English names.
Obviously to foil Smart Alec’s like you!
🙂
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😎
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Amazing insect!
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