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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Unusual bird at the feeder at the Audubon Center in Santa Fe

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Weidemeyer's Admiral from my recent trip out west

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Here's a Spicebush Swallowtail to brighten your day ...

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

An April visit to Moraine View - the spring ephemeral season is compacted!

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

USMC, 1968 - 1969, RVN. Asshole-in-chief thinks it's "good" that Robert Mueller is dead ... P.S. - not my meme but I fully endorse the sentiments.

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The small fritillaries - genus Boloria - are arctic and arctic-alpine butterflies from the northern hemispere. We have at least 3 species in the mountains of northern New Mexico. I showed one earlier, here's another - the Silver-bordered Fritillary

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Another critter from N. NM - The Dark Wood Nymph

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Another butterfly from the Jicarilla Trust lands in northern New Mexico - Scudder's Sulphur; a critter that likes willow bogs in the southern Rockies

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Time for a butterfly - This is the Arctic Fritillary, found in northern New Mexico last August, on the Jicarilla Apache Trust land. It's in the genus Boloria, a group favoring Arctic-Alpine habitats.

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Nice welcome when we returned from our mini-vacation.

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Moon-marked Skipper from Arizona this summer. Nice to remember warmer days.

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Bookends - super moon then nice sunrise

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Another beautiful fall day ...

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Beautiful fall day at Black Partridge.

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

One of my favorite rarities - the Elfoid (Microtia elvira), described in 2023. It used to be considered the Elf - Microtia elva - but DNA and morphology argued for a new species. This was taken before Elvira was described - it's from SE Arizona

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Club Mosses have been around for over 400 my. They'll probably be here long after we're gone ...

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

It's mating season for White-tailed Deer. They're kind of stupid this time of year - watch the road so you can avoid them when they jump out in front of you!

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This is why you're supposed to dispose of used fishing line properly ...

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Mike Toliver @nmbutterfly.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I took pictures of this squirrel in the Black Range, thinking it was Abert's Squirrel, but it didn't have the ear tufts I remember for that species. Turns out it's an Arizona Gray Squirrel, a much less common critter!