Seems likely they are more "flighty" in the spring and early summer when the flowers are a bit sparser. But if you're patient you'll eventually come across one feeding calmly.
(06/03/24)
Back to Daley Ranch and adjacent Dixon Lake. Good sun, and the #butterflies were flying. Still not getting the specie variation I hoped for. Not pictured: Any Whites. They were out, of course.
Visitors to the prairie garden: An eastern pondhawk dragonfly, an American snout butterfly, a question mark butterfly and an eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly. #butterflies#dragonflies#Lepidoptera#Odonata
There were sooooo many Skipper #butterflies today. Hundreds easily. I could have made a video of my entire descent down the Equine Incline Trail and there would always be at least 2 in the camera field. Often 4 or 5 would cluster together. It was wild!