Tattered~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life

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and torn by hungry birds,

but persevering.

A tattered beauty,

fluttering by.

I love both the bird and the butterfly,

but this round goes to the bird.

Cheers to you from The Holler creatures~

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  3. Nature is beautiful, but she can be cruel. Birds have to eat, too!! I do feel sorry for that butterfly, though — almost looks like he got run over by a lawn mower!

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  11. A butterfly’s life is a bundle of contradiction isn’t it? Born to a “worm” of sorts, not to a butterfly. The shortest of a life of beauty, butterflies on a flower. Just perpetuating… To end up prey to birds of Beauty too… (hmm. Inspired today. What did they put in the coffee?)
    Thanks Cindy

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      1. As I read bits and pieces of the Tao, I can only confirm that there are very few answers. But as someone who designed hundreds of questionnaires (market research) I am pleased to confirm that questions still stand… 😉

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  16. We all have to eat. Just sad that there is too little wildlife when abundance is needed and we have cruelly impacted on so much insect life. Hoping your swallowtail mated and laid eggs.

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  21. Yes, the birdies need to eat too. I’ve seen some older butterflies. The first Luna moth that I saw in my yard was pretty tattered (years ago). This year the one I found was still quite whole. Lovely moth. A friend of mine actually saw an Atlas moth where he was working about two weeks ago. I think if you look it up the Atlas moth is one of the (if not the largest) moths. But the Luna moth comes in a close second!

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      1. The atlas moth is one of the largest insects in the world, with a wingspan of up to 27 centimeters. The ceanothus moth has a wingspan of 3.5–5 inches…

        Ah… all three are silk moths – I didn’t know that! 🙂

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  23. It’s quite something when you realize that most life only exists by consuming other forms of life. That’s horrific by human moral standards, but it’s also helps to create the amazing variety of species that we have on Earth. It’s quite a strange planet that we live on.

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    1. Yes it is strange. The person who captured this best for me is the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. She described this as, “savage beauty.” There are however an amazing amount of organisms that don’t need to harm to live, like most plants, bees, butterflies, moths, etc. They live to make life live დ

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      1. That’s true! I suppose it all comes down to energy: some organisms have to consume other organisms to obtain their energy, whereas others don’t. Either way, all of these organisms trying to acquire energy ends up creating ecosystems.

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  26. Ahh love those creatures with feathers and those that flutters. Amazing shots as always, my friend. (*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*.ﾟʚɞ ⁺˖ ⸝⸝ 𓆩(•࿉•)𓆪 ⋋(•⌔•)⋌

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  28. The opening photo is perfect – framed beautifully and so crisp. One thing I will miss about summer is the beauty of the butterflies. Take care, Cindy, as autumn takes over 😊!

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  29. My silver-spotted skipper butterfly friend had tattered wings, like a flag that had long journies in the wind. She fluttered by my head when Murph and I went outside all season long.
    Beautiful pics. The tender butterflies have a preserverence (and personalities) that you captured here.

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    1. “My silver-spotted skipper butterfly friend had tattered wings, like a flag that had long journies in the wind.” You have the soul of a poet Dawn. Write on & be well my friend დ

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  31. We get to the end of the warm season and butterflies are often looking pretty tattered. But the white-crowned sparrow definitely won that round. Excellent photos and a true pleasure, Cindy.

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  33. Cracking pictures! The colours of this butterfly remind me of a lesser spotted woodpecker that used to visit my garden on rare occasions. Beautiful creatures the both of them.

    Thanks for sharing!

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  40. Pretty butterfly and bird. Mother Nature at her finest.
    It’s bittersweet seeing the tattered wings od butterflies at the end of their seasons.
    It’s also bittersweet seeing the bird nourishing itself with the life of another. What kind of insect is that the bird is feeding on?

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