Owl house occupant on alert

This owl pretended to be asleep until we got too close. Sorry to disturb you, dude.

Big-eyed skippers on a warm day in the Valley

Texas Powdered Skipper

I like the wing design on the Texas Powdered-Skipper spotted at the North American Butterfly Association's butterfly center in South Texas.

It is more showy than Celia's Roadside Skipper, which is on the checklist guests can pick up at Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park's La Familia Nature Center.

Celia's Roadside Skipper

On our daylong trek through the Valley parks, this white skipper also landed for us. I think it is a Laviana White Skipper.

White Skipper

Damselfly blends into in Rio Grande Valley's wildscape

Damselfly. Look closely.

On a trail a few miles from the Rio Grande along the tip of Texas, this damselfly was hoping we would pass by without noticing it sitting on a log. We almost did.

There it is.