Pink Cattleheart, Parides iphidamas

A Pink Cattleheart, Parides iphidamas, photographed at the Calgary Zoo on 15th April.

"Parides is a genus of butterflies. Parides belongs in the family Papilionidae. They are found in North America, Central America, and South America." Wikipedia.

Sorry, going to have to try and greatly limit my Flickr time this evening (yet again!) Was out from about 7:30 a.m. to around 5:30 p.m., botanizing the Horseshoe Canyon near Drumheller, east of the city. This is part of the badland area and quite spectacular scenery. There was a pleasant breeze near the top of the canyon, but down in the canyon bottom, it was HOT. Temperature forecast for today was 27C, but it heats up lower down, where the hot air gets trapped. I don't like hot weather and don't do well in it : ) Especially after getting a total of maybe four hours of sleep over the last three nights!! The day started off really well, when I happened to notice a Great Horned Owl against the cliffs on the far side of the canyon. Then I lowered my camera to what I thought must be a bleached, tree stump - turned out to be another owl. Then, I heard hissing nearer to us, which I thought sounded like a young owl, and sure enough, out flew another one. I think we saw four altogether. Never dreamt of seeing owls there! I have NO outings tomorrow, thank goodness, so I hope to sleep in and recover a little bit, LOL.