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Common Ringlet

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 of one specimen before it disappeared. I bonked the shot, but it was good enough for an identification when I got home. Common...

The Dying of the Year

As October fades and November approaches, there is always a sense of loss. Certainly there is still much to see in the late autumn hills, but much of what we see is fleeting in nature; death or death-like sleep is imminent for so many, and it will be months before the...