August--See you same time next year!

Exactly one year 

 It's deja vu all over again now that I have my Oak Point photos sorted by date.

Swallowtail near the dam yesterday, August 13, 2014

Swallowtail near the dam one year ago, August 13, 2013

August 13, 2013 bittern or heron

I never did positively identify this handsome bird last year. Ideas?

Fritillary at noon August 5, 2012

My photos of a fritillary on the same flowers in the parking lot yesterday did not turn out.