Butterfly sightings for November 2020

Incidental while gardening. Surprised to see a butterfly out at 51 degrees but it was sunny

Surprised to see a butterfly flying around!

We didn't reach 40 degrees for 16 days straight. Then today was 70+!

Temperatures ranged from 65-70 between 12-3:30 p.m. today with little or no wind. Happy to see these typical late butterfly visitors in my yard near the Apple Trees. Hope to see more of them with more warm weather predicted in the next few days.

Sunny side of cabin.

Came to visit while raking around the apple trees

Surprised to see a Clouded Sulphur flying after many days of frost.

Sunny and mild (low 60's) - a Monarch flap-cruised down the lakeshore at 9:15.

I was very surprised that my only butterfly was a Checkered White! This is only the fifth one this year in the state.

Beautiful day(s) - oases in an otherwise chilly fall. Turtles thought so, too.

Cab Flew onto the ground in my back yard, approached it to take a photo; flew off before I managed. Temperature 70 degrees

Sunny, calm, 65 deg. Few nectar sources left at Olbrich.

Temperatures ranging from 56 - 71 F today. I first saw the Eastern Comma about 8:30 a.m. I was hoping to see the Red Admiral again, but did not until about 2:30 p.m. Happy to see all these butterflies during this lovely weather. The Clouded Sulphur flew through with no chance to get a photo.

Mostly sunny, 65-71 degrees F. We walked two miles in the grassland.

Individual was only butterfly I saw on noontime walk. I had a good view of it's top side with no darker markings.

Red-spotted admiral looking for the last of the asters. Caught this after it landed on a dead sunflower stem. About 10 a.m. Beautiful day.

Cloudy with temperatures between 68-72 F. Saw the Comma earlier in the day and around 3 p.m. when the Red Admiral briefly showed up for a photo. Happy to see both butterflies one more time!

Sunny and 45 F but no wind and was very surprised see two butterflies fly across the yard; neither of which I was close enough to identify. Ran back in to get the camera and watched as a Red Admiral flew around me and left. Decided to hang out for a while hoping to see it again. After about fifteen minutes it flew through and once again was gone. So waited again to finally see it land. I was able to get a very bad picture which is exactly what the Red Admiral indicated I deserved for my total lack of 'butterfly sighting preparation' today. It goes without saying. . . I shall try to do better!

Sunny and windy at 11:30 with temperatures in lower 60's. The Red Admiral and I hung out for about a half hour. It landed in several sunny locations and seemed to be just enjoying the sun's warmth. The day became cloudy and I didn't see the Admiral again until around 2:30 when the sun reappeared with temperature at 64 and the wind calm.

Low wind, 48 degrees, and sunny.

This butterfly was pointed out to me by a fellow birder. It started out by the smashed pumpkins where the squirrels were feasting an then flew off to land on the seed under the bird feeders.

Sunny and approx. 40+ degrees. Saw the Red Admiral flying and landed to the north of the birder feeders on a pile of corn.