2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
The Louis Robidoux Nature Center for the Annual Butterfly Day.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
There were several butterfly trivia posts to educate the public on butterflies.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
A new display was the “Grandmother Willow” showing how the Santa Ana River is a nursery to many species of animals.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
The Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop booth “Rebuilding Habitats One Backyard At A Time,” with the face boards in
the background with a new butterfly board.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
One of the huge pecan trees dwarfing “Little Bit of This or That” booth with dog stuff and SCAMPP (Southern
California Association for Miniature Potbellied Pigs) http://www.scampp.com/ booth. Display pig this year was a female named
“Mushu.“
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Face painting for the kids.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
New games for the kids to try out.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Rock climbing.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
One of the butterfly tents that the public could go inside to see and feed the butterflies orange slices.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
A new booth underneath the huge oak tree at the Butterfly Day was for Roasted Pecans (needs to come back in November for the
Pecan Festival) next to the Opossum Society of the U.S. http://opossumsocietyus.org/. OSUS had a new ambassador opossum and
were taking names for him from the public.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Music this year was the Native American way with several types of flutes.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Some of the booths at the Annual Butterfly Day.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
A ground squirrel crossing the little bridge.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
One of the large display cases inside the center had several display boxes of butterflies donated by Chris Campas.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
An interesting display inside the center was the one of the Butterfly, Mosquito, and Fly.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
AFRMA’s booth inside the center at the Annual Butterfly Day at the Louis Robidoux Nature Center in Juruap Valley, CA,
with Nicole Housel helping.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Our booth was very busy pretty much all day with all the kids (and adults) wanting to pet and hold the rats. Hands were
sprayed with disenfectant prior to handling. Rats owned and bred by Nicole Housel, Black Wolf Rattery.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Getting a better look at the rats. Rats owned and bred by Nicole Housel, Black Wolf Rattery.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Holding one of the Dalmatian female rats owned and bred by Nicole Housel, Black Wolf Rattery.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Even the steps are “all things nature” with this little gray fox in his burrow of a hollow tree.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Holding one of the Dalmatian rats owned and bred by Nicole Housel, Black Wolf Rattery.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
The Agouti Standard female rat owned and bred by Nicole Housel, Black Wolf Rattery.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
A grandfather pointing out the mice in the display. Mice owned and bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Lots of kids petting one of the Dalmatian rats owned and bred by Nicole Housel, Black Wolf Rattery.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Lots of photos were taken of the kids holding and petting the rats.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
The Chocolate Self Standard female mouse in the display owned and bred by Karen Robbins, Karen’s Kritters.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Kids checking out one of the Dalmatian female rats owned and bred by Nicole Housel, Black Wolf Rattery.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
A rat lover.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
A young rat lover with one of the female rats owned and bred by Nicole Housel, Black Wolf Rattery.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
Enjoying one of the Dalmatian female rats owned and bred by Nicole Housel, Black Wolf Rattery.
2016 Annual Butterfly Day Display
The release of the butterflies at 4 p.m.