NABA International Butterfly Park

We went back to the butterfly park today. This time the air was still and the temperature around 75--a great day to view butterflies, and there were plenty of them. We saw some Zebra Helliconiums, a Common Mestra, a Brown Longtail, many Queens and Soldiers, and lots more we don't know the names of. Most of the rest of the people at the park were clearly experienced butterfly watchers. One group offered us advice on which binoculars to buy that wouldn't break the bank--but it turned out that they meant "under $400."


Butterfly "bait" had been put out on a number of logs and posts around the park. Today they were attracting more wasps and bees than butterflies.










Afterwards we biked through the State Park and took a short hike along the Kiskadee Trail. Along the trail we found a bird blind we hadn't seen before. We didn't see many birds, but one was a Great Kiskadee.


This is one of a number of places in the park for seeing birds and other wildlife up close. They usually have several bird feeders and a small pond or other water feature.











For breakfast today we had huevos rancheros and black beans with adobo sauce, spicy and good. One of the reasons was that we had bought some fresh corn tortillas, and yes, they are better. Tonight we had a version of tortilla soup, with crispy strips of corn tortilla for topping.