More Red Admirals

This was a surprise. Not one, but five red admirals! Usually they are so rare here. They were very lively. Instead of taking still photos I tried to get a movie of them. It was very frustrating. They had me in a spin. I watched, breath-taken, as a pair flew very close together, rising high in the air, and then falling, to rise again several times. The video shows the Viburnum bush with no butterflies in sight  : (  However, I did manage to get a few snatches while the butterflies were at rest. Also a few seconds of one feeding on the nectar, its proboscis working away like a sewing machine needle.

The red admiral video