Wednesday, November 21, 2007

New US Butterfly Sightings in TX

Besides the Green Jays, Chachalacas, and other great birds, South Texas is also rich with many special butterflies that barely cross the US/Mexico border. The last week has seen two new US records and a bevy of other beautiful and rare butterflies for the US. Check out the highlights:

2 comments:

dguzman said...

WOW! It seems like we are having an interesting year for out-of-territory species. Climate change?

Patrick B. said...

Not sure honestly... no one has really speculated. I think there are a lot more people looking and a lot of people building gardens down there, so that helps.