Some more saltmarsh creatures, yesterday.
MNSA, NY.
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Fledgeling Red-winged Blackbird calling mom for a snack
- Mom providing junior with the snack
- A zabulon Skipper butterfly. I'm not sure if the spherical objects on the butterfly's head and thorax are parasitoid eggs or pollen grains. They look a bit large for pollen, but I could be wrong. The butterfly seemed unusually lethargic, not moving when I came close.

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This is a zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon) at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in late May. There haven't been as many butterflies this year in New York.

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