LIFE

Photos: Rookery Bay, 2021

Lance Shearer
Correspondent
A monarch enjoys some lunch in the new butterfly garden at the ELC. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
A monarch enjoys some lunch in the new butterfly garden at the ELC. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent
A julia butterfly alights on a lantana in the new butterfly garden at the ELC. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
A julia butterfly alights on a lantana in the new butterfly garden at the ELC. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Special To The Naples Daily News
A julia butterfly alights on a lantana in the new butterfly garden at the ELC. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
A julia butterfly alights on a lantana in the new butterfly garden at the ELC. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent
Jessica Angley and David Love explore the ever-popular touch tank. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Jessica Angley and David Love explore the ever-popular touch tank. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent
Nectar-bearing flowers abound in the new butterfly garden at the ELC. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Nectar-bearing flowers abound in the new butterfly garden at the ELC. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent
Volunteer docent Paul Westberry explains the reserve's sweep to visitors. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Volunteer docent Paul Westberry explains the reserve's sweep to visitors. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent
Friends of Rookery Bay executive director Athan Barkoukis with some of the works in "Rediscover Rookery Bay," an exhibit of works by area artists. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Friends of Rookery Bay executive director Athan Barkoukis with some of the works in "Rediscover Rookery Bay," an exhibit of works by area artists. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent
This lurking alligator by Naples photographer Dennis Goodman is one of the works in "Rediscover Rookery Bay," an exhibit of works by area artists. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
This lurking alligator by Naples photographer Dennis Goodman is one of the works in "Rediscover Rookery Bay," an exhibit of works by area artists. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent
An exhibit in the ELC shows the proliferation of CO2 in th atmosphere. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
An exhibit in the ELC shows the proliferation of CO2 in th atmosphere. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent
"Haldeman Creek" by Paul Arsenault is one of the works in "Rediscover Rookery Bay," an exhibit of works by area artists. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
"Haldeman Creek" by Paul Arsenault is one of the works in "Rediscover Rookery Bay," an exhibit of works by area artists. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent
Volunteer docent Paul Westberry explains the reserve's sweep to visitors. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Volunteer docent Paul Westberry explains the reserve's sweep to visitors. The Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center has reopened, with new exhibits and activities, after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
Lance Shearer/Correspondent