Three adult Black-throated Trogons (Trogon rufus) were noisily calling and occasionally mobbing this snake as it climbed around the tree cavity. There were certainly three adults calling, though I am uncertain of which individuals were actually mobbing the snake. Possibly social nesters?
Tentative ID.
I'm not great with butterflies.
With Dave Bartholomew. Out on the Ridge Trail. ID to subspecies level based on location.
On purple thistle. May be ssp puntareyes or sonomensis.
At a preserve in SW Sonoma Co. In 2020 they seemed to be gone. Last looked for and seen in 2016.
Cormorants - Audubon Park - New Orleans 14 dec 2017