{"id":13467,"date":"2020-07-18T06:35:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T10:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13467"},"modified":"2020-07-18T06:35:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T10:35:35","slug":"time-for-tiger-swallowtails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13467","title":{"rendered":"Time for Tiger Swallowtails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=13467\"}' class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dsc04174.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"13465\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=13465\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dsc04174.jpg?fit=2000%2C1625&amp;ssl=1\" 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100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dsc04105.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"13466\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=13466\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dsc04105.jpg?fit=2000%2C1585&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1585\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-RX10M4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1594912499&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;219.82&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc04105\" data-image-description=\"\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dsc04105.jpg?resize=1536%2C1217&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dsc04105.jpg?resize=904%2C716&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dsc04105.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a poem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">The Tiger Swallowtail, drunk on<br \/>Marigold nectar, staggered from<br \/>flower to flower, letting me take<br \/>its picture in its many poses,<br \/>recording the accidents of posture<br \/>as it probed the blossoms, one<br \/>after another. Full wings, both<br \/>front and back, and the furry tiger<br \/>body, as it came and went, just<br \/>at eye-level in the long plastic<br \/>planters on the rail of the deck.<br \/>What could be finer on a sunny<br \/>July afternoon\u2026with the cool<br \/>breeze attempting, again and<br \/>again, to lift it. It few off, oh<br \/>several times, and I waited in<br \/>front of the open deck door, for<br \/>it to circle back and find fresh<br \/>flowers\u2026and it did\u2026giving me<br \/>all the Tiger Swallowtail I need.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>We get two Tiger Swallowtails here in Southern Maine: The Canadian and the Eastern&#8230;and since they overlap, hybrids are always possible, and apparently are becoming more frequent&#8230;or at least more frequently observed. Though I have tried, I can not say for sure which one this is. This time of year Eastern is more likely, and it is large and yellow enough to be one&#8230;but this butterfly shows at least some of the marks of a Canadian. It is certainly \u201cfresh\u201d&#8230;unlike most of the swallowtails I photographed last month, which were all well worn and ragged around the edges. I don\u2019t think I saw a single one with both tails intact. Anyway. I always enjoy Tiger Swallowtails, the biggest and brightest of our New England butterflies. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. On the first shot I used Program Shift to increase depth of field slightly. Processed in Polarr and Apple Photos. These are both pretty much full frame, just cropped a bit for composition. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-13467\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13467&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-13467\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13467&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13467&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a poem: The Tiger Swallowtail, drunk onMarigold nectar, staggered fromflower to flower, letting me takeits picture in its many poses,recording the accidents of postureas it probed the blossoms, oneafter another. 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