Corkscrew Swamp in the Afternoon

The weather was gorgeous on Saturday after some early morning fog! Gail, her friend Peggy and I headed to the quilt shop on Sanibel after a lovely breakfast out. Yes, we all supported this quilt shop! From there, we headed down to Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp preserve. We have been there many times and it is a lovely 2 1/2 mile walk through the swamp and different every time.

These are swamp lilies.

This was a red shouldered hawk. He later turned around so I could see for sure!

Saturday was a butterfly day. This is the Zebra Helliconian which is the state butterfly of Florida.

This is Gulf Fritillary which we see all the time at Kure.

This is a Cloudless Sulphur.

This is an Orange Barred Sulphur.

This is a Queen which is a Brushfoot butterfly which is the family that the Monarch is in. This one is a little darker brown but look at those white dots!

This is a Green Anole.

This is a Brown Anole.

I love all the cypress trees down here!

Lots of dead trees but pretty white in contrast to the brilliant skies down here!

Look closely to see the alligator. It was a pretty good sized one.

There are plenty of air plants all over the swamp.

I believe this is a Spotted Sandpiper which was hanging around in the back of the condo.