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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Observador
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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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Príncipe (Pyrocephalus rubinus)Observador
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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 tyralisObservador
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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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Sanhaço-de-Fogo-Migrador (Piranga rubra)Observador
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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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Calephelis nemesisObservador
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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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Battus philenorObservador
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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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Battus philenorObservador
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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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Argia immundaObservador
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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-Arco-Íris (Passerina ciris)Observador
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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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Insetos (Classe Insecta)Observador
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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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Chlosyne laciniaObservador
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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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Papilio multicaudataObservador
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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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Subgénero PterourusObservador
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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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Papilio multicaudataObservador
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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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Subgénero PterourusObservador
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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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Lindheimera texanaObservador
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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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Aranhas-Gnomo (Família Linyphiidae)Observador
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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 hookeriObservador
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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 roemerianaObservador
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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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Acalypha phleoidesObservador
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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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Echinargus isolaObservador
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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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Observador
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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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Observador
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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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Phacelia congestaObservador
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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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