Spring butterflies and hummers

It was a beautiful day in Atlanta. Spotted a couple of cabbage whites and a fleeting glimpse of an orange butterfly too far away to id. I think I'll put the hummingbird feeders up.

Exciting.. I can't wait to get our hummers back, way to early yet

They have been spotted not far from us and I do think I saw one go blitzing by yesterday!

I had a tiny hummingbird yesterday, and then we got to 40 last night. I hope he found a warm spot for the night. My bottlebrush is about to explode, and that is where he was hanging out.

The cold snap this weekend was a pain. I did see my first eastern tiger swallowtail high above. Still no hummers but my coral honeysuckle is almost ready to bloom and I think they will like that.

Yep, he was back at the bottlebrush this evening, and maybe even the crossvine.

Saw my first hummer this evening! Feeling happy ...

memays, I didn't see your thread, when I post one about 'first' butterflies sighting. Our weather, yours and mine isn't too far apart. Hope our cold spells are behind for us gardeners' sake! I too saw my first hummer here. :)

Two more buzzed by me this morning!

Saw a male Rubythroat at my nectar feeder! Yes! Hope it will hang around. This is my second sighting. The first one I wasn't sure it was a female or male. My coral honeysuckles flowers are coming out now, just in time for these little jewels.

Hah, I just picked a random photo. No pix of the hummingbird yet.

My visitor finally posed for me!

Memays, nice! Hope to see more of those flying jewels again soon.

Here are today's pics - I love these guys!

1st hummer. of year 1st. time I've seen one in court yard, all feeders in back. corrected that.

No Hummers yet ,, Seeing Skippers of various , and darker BF yesterday ,, Mourning cloak ?, Red admiral? ,, smaller in size and I did not get a real good look at it ,,, Crazy fly in quick circles
Nice to see some returning though ,, !

J, sorry you haven't seen hummingbirds, however, your butterflies sighting sound very nice. In my garden down here. I think some hummers decided to hang around. Yes!!! I heard them buzzing around, but finally I caught a picture (or two) of the beauty. :)

I also saw some Silver skippers, lots of Sulphurs, some Tiger Swallowtails, dark and yellow tigers. :)

Seeing more and more butterflies now. Soon will be dragonflies as well.

So excited to hand feed hummingbirds!

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snRh5FSGD5w

Cool! memays excellent job! Thanks for sharing that with me and others.

What fun!

Happy Birthday memays! Hope your weekend was a good one!

Happy Birthday!

I'm starting to see lots of Eastern Swallowtails now. I have a Glossy Abelia right outside one of my front windows and the Swallowtails flock to it. Very enjoyable to observe them.

Happy to hear. Pictures please.

I'll try to get a photo soon.

Woohooo. I found 5 more 1st BST instars on my fennel this morning plus an egg! That would make a total of 14 if the egg hatch.

I found another 5 1st instars of BST. I need to start searching for additional parsley and dills to feed these little ones. The good news; they appear to be growing. :)

Sounds Great ,Lily_Love . Only eggs I get this season are the ones you call Breakfast !!!

Here is to wish you lot of butterflies and cats for the season.

Add 2 additional 1st and 2nd instars BST to the butterfly house today. Yay!

Lily ,, Alright!!! ,, YAY!!!

It's such a good feeling to see these little ones grow in size.

I keep finding more BST cats.! Those I kept appear to grow and grow.

I have several BST and Eastern ST visiting now. I tried to get a photo from inside but haven't been very successful yet. I'll have to try again. :)

Poor picture of EST on the Abelia.

Thanks CG, The picture turns out well. Here is mine.