There are several species of butterfly that emerge in late April to early May. This year, spring was very slow to appear, so my records seem to run a little… [Continued]
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Gentille Alouette
April 13, 2014
For those who have noticed a dearth of notes, let me say that I only post a note when I learn something, and there is nothing like a long cold… [Continued]
Out on a Limb
December 4, 2013
I normally like to be fairly certain about the identities of the critters I post in these notes, but sometimes I just have to go out on a limb. Leaving… [Continued]
Hurricane Sallies
October 27, 2013
Outdoors folks get excited, and rightly so, about vernal pools. Vernal, of course refers to springtime, and one of these fishless puddles, smack in the middle of a to-all-appearances-dead March… [Continued]
Early Goldenrod
August 26, 2013
What a difference 600 feet makes. In my back yard, the Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) is just breaking into bloom. Less than 25 miles west-southwest and a little more than 600… [Continued]
Considerate Lilia
August 20, 2013
No, this note is not about a considerate lady named Lilia. The title is in Latin (considerate sorta rhymes with “a cup of latte”). So, as the many Latin scholars… [Continued]
Shootin’ Dragons
June 22, 2013
There is a small pond nearby that hosts great numbers of dragonflies. It is large enough to pull in the bigger dragonflies, but it is small enough that I can… [Continued]
Common Ringlet
June 11, 2013
Last year I was up in Centre County on 16 May, and I saw a butterfly that I had never seen before. I only managed to get one lousy photo… [Continued]
Almost
May 23, 2013
I almost missed it. It was right in front of me, and I almost missed it. I was even looking down, looking for wildflowers, and I didn’t see it. In… [Continued]
A Good Day
May 20, 2013
I try not to do this, try not to inflict one of those self-absorbed, egotistical chronicles about “what I did on the 19th of May,” but the fact is I… [Continued]