Butterfly Walk at Estero

Finally a Friday without rain or wind so the scheduled  Butterfly Walk at Estero was the place to be. It was 76 degrees with full sun and a little breeze. I thought the butterfliers would out number the butterflies. But actually, having more eyes helped locate them. Before we started the Green Kingfisher sited from the deck and I spotted the  Black-chin. 

Black-chin Hummingbird (male)

                    
             Green Kingfisher (male)

Checkered White

                                                   White Checkered Skipper

                                                               White Checkered Skippers Mating

Brown Longtail

                                                                   Cassius Blue

                                                                   











                                               Fiery Skipper

                                                                            Texas Crescent

             Tropical Leafwing

                                       

Gray Hairstreak

Great Purple Hairstreak

Ceraunus Hairstreak

                                        Gulf Fritillary

Caterpillar 

                                                                       














 Laviana White Skipper

                                                            











                             Little Yellow

                                     

Phanon Crescents

Here are some of the Butterfliers that spent the day chasing, 

standing,focusing and shooting.

                                            Connie, Chuck, and May

                                                    Connie, Chris, and the couple from Morehead, MN

Here's to Sue, my butterfly mentor and 

Carolee who had to leave before sunny days

                                                                   Orange Sulfur

 

Some one spotted this yellow and Dave figured it out.  An Assassin Bug paralyzed this butterfly, we could not scare it. So it was photography practice. My Cannon SX50 Cannon did not have to be so close as the 

Power Shot SX20. Dave is trading his in when he gets back to Ontario.