These butterflies showed up more for the water they got from the mud than in the flowers along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate did not yield as many birds as I'd hoped, but the bugs and flowers were a nice consolation prize.
These butterflies showed up more for the water they got from the mud than in the flowers along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate did not yield as many birds as I'd hoped, but the bugs and flowers were a nice consolation prize.
These butterflies showed up more for the water they got from the mud than in the flowers along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate did not yield as many birds as I'd hoped, but the bugs and flowers were a nice consolation prize.
These butterflies showed up more for the water they got from the mud than in the flowers along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate did not yield as many birds as I'd hoped, but the bugs and flowers were a nice consolation prize.
These butterflies showed up more for the water they got from the mud than in the flowers along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate did not yield as many birds as I'd hoped, but the bugs and flowers were a nice consolation prize.
These butterflies showed up more for the water they got from the mud than in the flowers along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate did not yield as many birds as I'd hoped, but the bugs and flowers were a nice consolation prize.
These butterflies showed up more for the water they got from the mud than in the flowers along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate did not yield as many birds as I'd hoped, but the bugs and flowers were a nice consolation prize.
These butterflies showed up more for the water they got from the mud than in the flowers along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate did not yield as many birds as I'd hoped, but the bugs and flowers were a nice consolation prize.

California Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Nymphalis californica)

California Tortoiseshell Butterfly

(Nymphalis californica)

Description:

These butterflies showed up more for the water they got from the mud than in the flowers along the Siskiyou Summit Road (FS-20) between Ashland and Applegate did not yield as many birds as I’d hoped, but the bugs and flowers were a nice consolation prize.

Date Taken: 2019:08:06 14:26

Location:

Cinnabar Springs (historical)
Jacksonville, Oregon
United States
6634.18 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/16.0, 1/800

File Name: CaliforniaTortoiseshell-Butterfly_D5X0563-SiskiyouSummit-TZ

© 2019 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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