Chasing Butterflies During Annual Butterfly Count at Disney Wilderness Preserve in Kissimmee

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Kissimmee, Florida Birder goes Butterfly chasing. Bird-watching and Butterfly chasing are quite similar. Of course butterflies do not vocally call to one another nor sing. For the most part butterflies wings only make a fluttering sound on the larger species. For More Information: http://bit.ly/CoopersTNC
June 26th, 2010, Excerpts from Annual Butterfly Count at Disney's 12,000 acre Wilderness Preserve with Buck and Linda Cooper leading the survey. Five-hundred and forty-six butterflies representing Forty-one species were identified on the Preserve.

The most frequently observed butterfly was the Grey Hairstreak @ 121. The Palmedes Swallowtail 58, and Zebra Swallowtails 50. Of special interest was the one Berry's Skipper. Zarucco Dustywing, Ocola Skipper, Delaware Skipper and Whilabout are just a few of my first time observations.

Birds insisting of being observed include, 7 Turkeys, Meadowlarks, Bluebirds, 4 Florida Scrub Jays (ws-bb approached and followed us), Red-shouldered hawks and juvenile, Towhees, Bachman's Sparrow, Male Northern Parula, White-eyed Vireo, Turkey and Black Vultures, Bald Eagle and juvenile.

Also observed was the gator being mobbed by Turkeys and a young armadillo.

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• Kissimmee
• St Cloud
• Osceola
• Central Florida
• Disney Wilderness Preserve
• The Nature Conservancy
• Butterflies
• Annual Butterfly Count
• Buck Cooper
• Linda Cooper
• Gator and Turkeys
• Queen Butterflies Mating
• Scarlet Hibiscus
• nature
• outdoors