Nature can be beautiful, but even in our backyards it can have a frightening side as well.
Each spring birders in Oregon team up to raise money for the Audubon Society of Portland. When the mid continent snow geese population reached self destructive levels and they extended hunting into spring several years ago, water fowlers grew giddy at the waterfowl hunting possibilities. The state of Georgia officially designated the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail as their state butterfly on April 4, 1988. Three other southern states later followed suit by naming the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail as their official state butterfly. Learn more about this beautiful butterfly and its nectar and caterpillar host plant needs.