Fooled Me

Saw this lovely black butterfly in the meadow and knew right away that it wasn't a black swallowtail, which has two rows of dots on the underwing.  It wasn't until I looked at the photo that I saw it wasn't a spicebush swallowtail, nor a pipevine swallowtail.  It is a female tiger swallowtail.

Another big and beautiful butterfly is this great spangled fritillary.

Another view of this beauty.

The bluebird has been hanging around and singing.

This  rudbeckia is usually a biennial.

This small milkweed bug is seen often on the common milkweed.

Just as beautiful, but much smaller is this pearl crescent.

The coreopsis is beginning to bloom.

Sorry for the poor photo, but the tadpoles are almost frogs.  Listen for the frogs in the wetland.