The Day of Rescues

After saving the sweet little birdy who flew in my open sliding glass door I went outside to check on Winston and saw a beautiful butterfly drowning in the pool.  I used a pole to get it close enough to the side of the pool that I could scoop it out and thankfully it was still alive.  It was happy to see me and held on to my finger pretty tight.

I took him out front and coaxed him off my finger and onto a flowering plant in the yard thinking he could dry in the sun and have some access to nectar from the flowers in case he needed energy.  I went and got the camera and was able to capture some pics.  Then I went back to check on him about 30 minutes later and he had flown away.  Hooray - a butterfly saved.

I think - not positive - that he was a male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail but its really hard to tell for sure.