At the park.....

I took a little time off from watching tennis (Rome open) and went to the park to chase butterflies and birds :-)  This has been a busy month for tennis and the French Open starts at the end of the month.

Mostly I saw little Pearl Crescents.

A bee flew into my shot. 

More of a top shot.

 A Buckeye butterfly.  They are usually very accommodating and pose open for me.....

....but this one liked to sit close up.  At least I got to see what the underside of the wings looks like. 

 I even found a Cabbage White that held still for a few seconds.

 One of several Mockingbirds that were hanging around guarding their territory.  This one is in a thorny tree of some sort!  Look at the size of the thorns....ouch!

 The Mulberry was ripe and several birds were hanging around waiting for me to go away, so I let them eat in peace.

 A Red-winged Blackbird female sitting on some tall grasses and then she dropped down inside.  Wonder if that is where her nest is.

Catalpa Tree flowers.....so pretty!  They remind me of orchids. 

On the lake I saw this little turtle that kept popping up and looking around.  I liked that I could see his back as well as his head.  Red-eared Slider.

On the way home I spotted these beautiful roses at the edge of someone's property and since there were no other cars around, I stopped in the middle of the road and shot a couple of photos.