Government Canyon State Natural Area 2019-04-21
I spent Easter Sunday with Meredith Edgley O'reilly visiting Government Canyon State Natural Area just northwest of San Antonio. What a fun day! We covered about 5 miles of the Lytle's Loop front country trail. Highlights included an unseen singing Olive Sparrow (which only got identified here on iNat), a Texas Wafer Ashe tree full of swallow-tail butterfly caterpillars, and a Pipevine Swallowtail laying eggs! See the attached observations.
Here's our complete eBird list.
And here are the same photos on Flickr.
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Rascador Oliváceo (Arremonops rufivirgatus)Autor
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Can anyone help ID this bird song heard on Government Canyon State Natural Area? Could it be a Dickcissel?
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Papamoscas Cardenalito (Pyrocephalus rubinus)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Pyrausta tyralisAutor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
I was excited to spot this tiny moth and get some photos of it. I've never heard of it! "Coffee-loving?"
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Piranga Roja (Piranga rubra)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Mariposa Marcas de Metal Fatal (Calephelis nemesis)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Mariposa Cola de Golondrina Azul (Battus philenor)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
Plant is phlox.
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Mariposa Cola de Golondrina Azul (Battus philenor)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
Something I've never seen before that Meredith spotted was this Pipevine Swallotail butterfly searching for its hostplant near the ground and laying eggs on it!
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Azulilla de Arroyo Sórdida (Argia immunda)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Colorín Sietecolores (Passerina ciris)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
On the 5 miles of trail we walked, I estimated there were 30 singing Painted Buntings!
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Insectos (Clase Insecta)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
On Texas Wafer Ashe.
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Mariposa de Parche Bordeado (Chlosyne lacinia)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Mariposa Cometa Xochiquetzal (Papilio multicaudata)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
Meredith was super excited to find several swallow-tailed butterfly caterpillars in different stages of development on this Texas Wafer Ashe. She even found at least one egg!
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Cometas Tigre (Subgénero Pterourus)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
Meredith was super excited to find several swallow-tailed butterfly caterpillars in different stages of development on this Texas Wafer Ashe. She even found at least one egg!
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Mariposa Cometa Xochiquetzal (Papilio multicaudata)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
Meredith was super excited to find several swallow-tailed butterfly caterpillars in different stages of development on this Texas Wafer Ashe. She even found at least one egg!
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Cometas Tigre (Subgénero Pterourus)Autor
mikaelbDescripción
Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
Meredith was super excited to find several swallow-tailed butterfly caterpillars in different stages of development on this Texas Wafer Ashe. She even found at least one egg!
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
There's a European Honey Bee on the left flower.
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Arañas Tejedoras de Sábanas (Familia Linyphiidae)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Condalia hookeriAutor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Senna roemerianaAutor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Chilitos (Acalypha phleoides)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Mariposa Azul del Mezquite (Echinargus isola)Autor
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
Plant is a phlox.
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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Taken on the Lytle's Loop front country trail on Government Canyon State Natural Area with Meredith Edgley O'reilly.
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