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calkins nature area, clouded sulphur, monarch, photography, postaday, shirley welden butterfly house
From Lafayette, IN, we drove to Badlands National Park in South Dakota, and stopped for the night half way there, in Fort Dodge, IA. An hour before our stop for the night, we went to Calkins Nature Area in Iowa Falls, to visit Shirley Welden Butterfly House where Monarch butterflies, as well as other kinds of butterflies, are raised in a protected environment surrounded by mesh wire.
Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Monarch butterflies inside Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Monarch butterfly inside Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Monarch butterfly inside Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Clouded Sulphur butterfly inside Shirley Welden Butterfly House
Distance travelled today: 560 miles
I always love butterflies.. these pictures are so beautiful –Thu
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Beautiful,just beautiful Hien!The ones clung to the mesh wire look glorious 🙂
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Great photos – enjoyed them all but the one with the netting seems to make a great pattern picture
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I am happy to be able to follow your steps by reading your posts. Thank you anh Hien.
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I have always loved butterflies…thanks for sharing…simply beautiful!
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