Orlando Wetlands Park, 6/23/2012

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Snowy Egret
This morning I went to Orlando Wetlands Park with about 5 other people, and we had a pretty great time.  It was cloudy and threatened rain all morning, but it never really did.  Purple Gallinules were out in force--I counted 12.

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Purple Gallinule
A couple Sandhill Cranes also decided to sing their lovely song at close range.

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Sandhill Crane
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Cattle Egrets
My companions for the morning were also very interested in the flowers and butterflies, and it occurred to me that I often do just pass them by without much thought.

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Queen
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Ornate Bella Moth
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Four-spotted Penant
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Oats Grama

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  1. Awesome!!! I did spent part of the afternoon there today. Of course, my pics are not even in same area code as yours, that are spectacular. Did struggle finding a setting for a dark and gray day.

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  2. The moth is Utetheisa ornatrix, the ornate bella moth.  Also called the rattlebox moth, as the larval food plants are legumes in the genus Crotalaria, commonly called rattlebox.  The dragonfly is Brachymesia gravida, the four-spotted penant.

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  3. Beautiful as usual! Thanks for the moth ID Peter!

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  4. Thanks for IDing the moth Peter, I was Googling everywhere for that!
    Scott, as usual your photos are beautiful! I feel I didn't pick your brain enough, I must have been distracted...

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  5. Great pictures including that beautiful state grass of Texas, side oats gamma. 

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  6. Stunning reflected egret in flight..nice to see flowers, moths & butterflies too..& find the ID's below..

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  7. Well, we had a pretty good group.  Perhaps we could do it again some time :-)

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  8. Thanks so much, and thanks for the grass ID.  I was at a loss to identify it. 

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