talbotlucas.org: a word to the wise is sufficient

Does anyone know what to do with a butterfly in distress? This one landed among the lambs' ears in our garden. Wallace saw him (it?) flailing, or at least hopping around in an un-butterfly-like way, and alerted me while I was putting the potatoes in the oven for tonight's dinner.

Will the birds get to the butterfly first? We have a lot of aggressive crows in our area, but lately they've been chased away (or at least harassed mercilessly) by a group of smaller birds that remind me of mockingbirds, although I'm not sure that's what they are. They (the smaller, aggressive birds) have the most incredible range of song, and the chase the crows through the air, and from tree to tree.

Is there something else we should do? Or just wait and mount him once he expires? (Sorry, but I'm trying to be practical, too.)

Wallace is fed up with my butterflly concern and has turned his attention to his sheepskin, from which he is slowly--but surely--removing all the fur/wool. He turns to his sheepskin when he's frustrated by my lack of attention, and given how much time I've spent at the computer keyboard today, I'm sure he thinks he's terribly neglected.