Green Hills Butterfly Ranch was our next stop – here they breed several species of butterflies.
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The ranch sends butterflies to butterfly houses all over the world.
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Imogen was a butterfly magnet
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The butterfly farm also has feeders out and they’re visited by around a dozen species of hummingbirds. The most numerous are these white-necked jacobins
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Imogen showing no fear – even with a giant caterpillar crawling on her.
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Leighton showing off a new friend
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A rufous-tailed hummingbird
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A white-necked jacobin perches near the feeders
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Sloane wasn’t a fan of having butterflies land all over her, but taking photos of hummingbirds? That she could get behind.
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One final hummingbird from our visit to the butterfly farm (it was a hard task to get this section down to just 4 photos!) This one a White-bellied emerald.