Megalaima oorti [五色鳥] greets visitors to the Taipei Botanical Garden.
Two photos today because I can’t decide which one I like better:
Tag Archives: Wildlife
More Butterflies…
This week saw the arrivals of the following species on the Butterflies page:
- Papilio bianor kotoensis
- Graphium agamememnon
- Papilio memnon heronus
- Tirumala limniace
- Danaus chrysippus
- Euploea eunice hobsoni
- Catopsilia pomona
- Hebomoia glaucippe formosana
Taoyuan Valley Hike: Creatures of Flight
Athyma selenophora laela [單帶蛺蝶]
Yesterday’s hike started much the same way the Caoling Historic Trail hike ended. I left Taipei by train for Yilan County’s Dali [大里]. I started by making my way from the Dali Tian-Gong Temple [大里天公廟] to the area on the Caoling Trail near the Tiger inscription where visitors have the option of turning south along the Taoyuan Valley [桃源谷].
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