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birds and butterflies
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

A few weeks ago, we went back up to Alligator Lake Park. The water has mostly dried up; there are only a few channels of water left. Wildlife still teems along the dike and bird calls provide a constant chatter. Some of those that we caught sight of: an american bittern eating a snake, a killdeer and yellowlegs, many white ibis and american coots, great and little blue heron, anhingas, a hawk, a downy woodpecker and yellow bellied sapsucker.

blue-gray? gnatcatcher. Flit, flit, lingering almost long enough for pictures.
bluegray gnatcatcher

glossy ibis. These get iridescent green and chestnut plumage, but the downcurved bill and boxy head doesn’t leave many other possibilities.
glossy ibis

wood stork. Both this and the above shot were under water earlier in the year
wood stork

Despite the earlier freeze, there were also many butterflies out.

little yellow sulphur
little yellow sulphur

tropical checkered skipper
tropical checkered skipper

monarch. We also saw the mimic species, viceroy.
monarch

red admiral
red admiral

gulf fritillary
gulf fritillary

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