Enough birds - here's a butterfly 2010-11-10 I have so much trouble photographing butterflies in butterly houses. First the lenses fog up, then the light is dim and finally there is no room to set up a tripod. So the autofocus doesn't quite work (like this picture). Nevertheless, the butterfly house at the Chester Zoo, England is a joy.

Tired Dragonfly 2010-10-30 This (probably) last dragonfly of the season was exhausted and could barely hang on. With freezing weather overnight and a few last days of sun before the continual fog hits us, the season for flying and mating is over. Thanks especially for the comments on yesterday's picture - particularly since there were no 'popular pictures' until late in the day.

What were these dragonflies doing? There was a swarm of perhaps 100 of them repeatedly skimming above the path here in the Lower Lobau section of the national park.