Exotic Birds & Butterflies Posts

What do butterflies eat?  We know adult butterflies consume nectar from flowers, but they also enjoy liquids from some of the fruits that we people consume.  They especially like to drink from mushy slices of banana, orange and watermelon.  In the first photo, they appear to be enjoying juice from over-ripened bananas.     Butterflies are always looking f...

Most of us enjoy seeing butterflies, but have you even given a fleeting thought to their anatomy, reproduction and metamorphosis?  Most likely the answer is ‘no’.  Well, here are some interesting facts  about these beautiful creatures who seem to captivate us with their diverse color and patterns.                     &nb...

The trees in the top layer of the rainforest, called the ‘emergent’ layer, make perfect homes for nesting birds because they are bathed in sunshine throughout the day.  This is unlike the trees in the canopy layer beneath them that are smaller and have larger leaves.  As a result,  thousands of bird species live ‘at the top’, including the exotic macaw.  Macaws are colorfu...

In our previous post, Rainforest Adventure, we briefly explained what a rainforest was, where they occur and touched somewhat on the vanishing rainforest in the Amazon Basin.   In this post, we’ll intermingle some exotic butterflies, a parrot, and more plant life to add zest to what we consider an already interesting subject.  The photos were taken at the Butterfly Palace in Branson, ...

To us, this was a fascinating safari-type adventure at the Butterfly Palace in Branson, Missouri.  Among thousands of exotic butterflies, live exotic birds and tropical plants in a re-created natural environment.  It is general knowledge that rain forests (tall, dense jungles), are found only in places that receive abundant rainfall.  But did you know that tropical ra...