The butterfly garden is close to the bird park and we originally thought we'd visit both in one trip, but we should have known I would need more time than that to take photos :-) Especially when the afternoon rain starts here shortly after lunch.
The butterfly garden is fairly small but the layout is a bit of a maze so you feel like you can wander for quite a while. Thankfully it was pretty quiet here except for a brief interval when we were invaded by a school group of teenagers who came, giggled, took many selfies, and left. I'm not sure they noticed the butterflies. When did everyone get these sticks for taking selfies? I feel behind the times (again).
These butterflies didn't seem quite as cooperative as at Key West. A lot of them refused to sit still for long enough to have their picture taken. But if you spend enough time ... (Shelley found a bench to sit and read her book.) One approach is to find a good spot and wait for them to come to you.
There were so many kinds of butterflies and I took almost 300 photos so even picking out the "good" ones there are a lot. Here are a sample. Check out the full set if you're a butterfly fan.
The butterfly garden is fairly small but the layout is a bit of a maze so you feel like you can wander for quite a while. Thankfully it was pretty quiet here except for a brief interval when we were invaded by a school group of teenagers who came, giggled, took many selfies, and left. I'm not sure they noticed the butterflies. When did everyone get these sticks for taking selfies? I feel behind the times (again).
These butterflies didn't seem quite as cooperative as at Key West. A lot of them refused to sit still for long enough to have their picture taken. But if you spend enough time ... (Shelley found a bench to sit and read her book.) One approach is to find a good spot and wait for them to come to you.
There were so many kinds of butterflies and I took almost 300 photos so even picking out the "good" ones there are a lot. Here are a sample. Check out the full set if you're a butterfly fan.
The "dead leaf" butterflies are very cool. They inside of the wings is often brighter than the outside.
In addition to the butterflies there were dragonflies:
and frogs in the pond:
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