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Butterflies and Stars all in a morning!

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One of the many benefits to getting up sooo early… early being, before Sunrise is that you get to watch the butterflies warming up in the morning light.  Do you like to do photography? Go out early and you will have a better chance of photographing some of the more elusive native butterflies by watching for them resting and doing their warm ups – flexing those wings for flight, on cool Fall mornings.

Here is a Gulf Fritillary in my yard soaking up early morning rays.  When I found myself initially standing outside at 7am gazing around at the night sky one of the first constellations I noticed overhead was Orion the Hunter   Just look for the three belt stars in a row that tell you it’s Orion!   Near the belt stars is the bright planet Jupiter, also overhead and down lower, nearer to Orion is the dog star Sirius in the constellation of Canis Major

To obtain a free star chart to print out in .PDF format, to help you find your way around the cool Fall night sky visit the link here and if you are visiting or live in South West Florida book a Star Gazing Adventure via my website located at this link I offer programs for families, homeschool, and many other groups.

Gulf Fritillary ButterflyGulf Fritillary Butterfly

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