Little Blue Heron

A male Orange Tip butterfly seen at Pinewoods Woodgate Valley Birmingham UK - 22-04-25

Orange-tip : Anthocharis cardamines

Burnley, Lancashire

Taken in Lichfield

whites, pink, yellow and red rose

This male Orange Tip was busy flying around when he decided to settle, this was my chance to grab a few shots before he took to the wing again.

#Lookingclose...onFriday! #Tip

HBM

Orange tip / Anthocharis cardamons

I don't often get the chance to photograph these butterflies. They are constantly on the move and hardly ever land.

I was very lucky with this one.....except I didn't have my macro lens with me !

At home

A pair of Orange Tips photographed on Cuckoo Flowers in a damp meadow this morning. An egg is also visible under the cluster of buds.

Skylark, Alauda arvensis

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He stopped for a second on some Stitchwort in Kinclaven Woods.

Orange Tip - Cleethorpes.

California incense cedar. Bonus micromoth included free! Swanson Meadow south of Shaver Lake, California.

Rusty-tipped page (Siproeta epaphus) or brown siproeta, is a New World butterfly that lives all year in tropical habitats. Seen at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Butterfly Jungle

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird approaches a waiting flower.

Pied Wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka

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One of the great satisfactions that digital photography brings to us these days!

Image taken in Costa Rica.

Many thanks for your comments, faves, and follows :)

Juan Carlos  

What I liked on this shot was the bottom tip there was just a dot of light out of a ridge that caught light just above the tip.

We don’t get many Northern Pintails in Southern Florida, so I spent a lot of time with a pair that is here visiting. A very pretty duck that I’ve found very difficult to get in flight because they don’t fly often and it’s very difficult to tell when they are about to do so. They give a lot of false tells, the male looking around as if he’s getting takeoff clearance but then goes back to feeding. One tip is to pay more attention to the female. The drake will go where she goes. (Anas acuta) (Sony a1M2, 400mm lens, f/2.8, 1/3200 second, ISO 2500)

A White-tailed Sea Eagle...... with nibbles .

Loch Na Keal, Mull.

Aurorafalter (Anthocharis cardamines)

My first Orange Tip (Female) of the season on my local patch of Woodgate Country Park Birmingham. 19th April 2021

Compositionally Challenged: playing with perspective

The tip of a new leaf on a Bengal Rubber Plant

TIPS - LOOKING CLOSE.. ON FRIDAY! You know it is not easy taking a photo of your fingers while they are holding your phone camera.

Palmyra Cove Nature Center, Burlington County, NJ

Orange-tip : Anthocharis cardamines

Family:Pieridae

Subfamily:Pierinae

He runs (owns?) the small Mexican restaurant down the block from me. Too small to put many dining tables out on the street in front of the restaurant. So the main source of income during the Covid-19 pandemic is a takeout window from which they also serve drinks. Tips have always been appreciated. Now more than ever.

At home

Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)

Moss Valley

Burnt-tip Orchids (Neotinea ustulata) on rough south facing limestone grassland in the "White" Peak District. A diminutive orchid BTOs are rare in Derbyshire and difficult to spot amongst grasses and other wildflowers.

Found this male Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) in the garden the other week.

According to "UK Butterflies": "The Orange-tip is a true sign of spring, being one of the first species to emerge that has not overwintered as an adult. The male and female of this species are very different in appearance. The more-conspicuous male has orange tips to the forewings, that give this butterfly its name. These orange tips are absent in the female and the female is often mistaken for one of the other whites, especially the Green-veined White or Small White. This butterfly is found throughout England, Wales and Ireland, but is somewhat-local further north and especially in Scotland. In most regions this butterfly does not form discrete colonies and wanders in every direction as it flies along hedgerows and woodland margins looking for a mate, nectar sources or foodplants. More northerly colonies are more compact and also more restricted in their movements." www.ukbutterflies.co.uk