Cockrell Butterfly Center – The Butterflies

Yes. This is what you came for. 🙂

Cockrell Butterfly Center – Exterior

The Cockrell Butterfly Center is an awesome place to visit as you will see from the next few sets of photos.

Sam Houston Monument

The Sam Houston Monument in Hermann Park is a pretty impressive sight. The area includes a reflecting pool, the bronze sculpture, and several gardens which may or may not include passing butterflies. When the sun is shining, it makes for a great photography spot.

Shaffer Bend Recreation Area

Oct21

OK y’all. This place is wild and beautiful.

Earth Day ATX

Apr22

The Earth Day celebration in Austin was held at the campus of Huston-Tillotson University on the East side of town. The campus is situated on a hill that has beautiful sight lines of Austin. There were butterflies, dinosaurs, bats, bands, performers, food trucks, drinks, and all sorts of fun to be had on a nice cool day in Austin.

Texas Book Festival – Butterfly Fountain

Nov6

The Texas Book Festival is the best time of the year to seek out migrating Monarchs. They typically look for a food source at the fountain on the State Capitol grounds. They are so much fun to photograph, because they don’t stay on one flower blossom for long, but flitter about on their own personal schedule.

Witte Museum Butterflies

Nov3

It was a beautiful, sunny day at the gardens of the Witte Museum. The butterflies were out in force, looking for an energy source to fuel their magical flights.

Butterfly Swarm

Oct13

There was a small swarm of Monarch butterflies in the community garden this afternoon. They are migrating south to escape the cold weather. There were so many that they often had to share the purple blossoms that they enjoy so much. Photography is challenging, as they move so fast and the blossoms sway in the wind. The reward is to capture just the right image to share with everyone. Enjoy!