Hi, in late May I got myself a decent camera for the first time in decades. I spent the next 3 months crisscrossing our state in search of subjects… along the way I became absolutely head-over-heals obsessed with our butterflies, of which I photographed 65 species during that period.

Attached below are links to the images I obtained over the course of those 3 months. Heavy on the butterflies, there are plenty of birds as well… such as White-tailed Ptarmigan, Spruce Grouse, Great Gray Owl, Green-tailed Towhee and more. Mammals are represented as well, with species such as Pine Marten, Moose, both our species of golden-mantled ground squirrels, and 3 of our chipmunk species that aren't Townsend's.

See species albums here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/113222526 at N05/albums

…it's alphabetical, but the butterflies are all first… birds and mammals follow

To see my trip pics in reverse chronological order, see here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/113222526 at N05/

To see my older, cruddier pics, including 40 years of Washington Bird Rarities, see here:

https://www.pbase.com/slickslug/root

There are some resident Washington butterflies which have not been documented in years… or even decades, because they are in tough, restricted locales and people don't even try. I am liking this plenty.

Thanks for reading,

Keith Brady

Olympia, Washington

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