Nice capture and composition! Poor little guy lost part of his wing, most likely to a predator.
From the image, and your description of its flight, it sounds like it could b e one of the smaller skippers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipper_(butterfly) https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/small-skipper We have tiny, hyperactive skippers around here, but usually in summer. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 10:39 AM Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I was shooting birds yesterday with the K3, DA 150-450 and DA 1.4X > converter when this little guy landed on a nearby evergreen shoot. He’s no > bigger than a fingernail. Don’t have time to try to look him up right now > but perhaps someone here recognizes him. About 945mm FOV at f8. > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18653396/Itty-Bitty-Flying-Critter > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
