There were gangs of happy kids sploshing about studying frogs and salamanders and generally shouting and getting muddy and having a great time. No birds to be seen when there's noise, so I switched to searching out butterflies.
The Preserve has a lot of species, and this day I saw a little blue skipper, and a possibly dusky swallowtail, pictured here
but missing portions of wings, which is why I think even without the actual tails, that's what it might be. Open to correction on that point from knowledgeable blogistas, of which we have a few.
And an orange, which could be one of any number of species. Nobody settled long enough to really study, so guesswork ruled. Whites and sulphurs flitting about, too.
And there were dragonflies galore, darners, and big biplane type ones in blue and orange and black. Not an expert on dragonflies. I should join the kids one one of their nature programs and learn about them. They eat mosquitoes so are particularly welcome in this state where the mosquito has been proposed as the state bird.
Happy Labor Day weekend, to those blogistas to whom it applies, plain old happy weekend to the rest of the world!
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