Butterfly conservation initiatives flutter in with the new year

Kate Richardson Tall Timbers The new year is shaping up to be big for butterflies, thanks in large part to the dedication and support of the Stoddard Bird Lab’s volunteer butterfly experts, Dave McElveen and Brian Lloyd. McElveen and Lloyd first applied their butterfly identification on Tall Timbers where they developed a butterfly species list for the property and initiated a long-term butterfly monitoring effort. Over the last 15 years, they have confirmed 74 species on Tall Timbers, many of which were beautifully photographed by Lloyd and posted, along with other area butterflies, on his webpage. In coordination with Stoddard Bird Lab Director, Kate Richardson, the butterfly afi