First let me put forward my credentials for writing about butterflies. This is the second time that I have been butterfly watching and…..well, actually,...
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Butterflies are often beautiful. Flowers are often beautiful. When both are together, as often happens, the level of beauty increases exponentially through some form...
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Digiscoping is really hard. Isn’t that what everyone keeps saying? That it is almost impossible to get a good quality shot. That it is...
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Unrest and revolution in Egypt has caught the international headlines this week. Mubarak’s ousting has left a military regime holding the reins until the...
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The noisiest bird to visit our garden any time of year is the Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis and the family group is usually eight...
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After each of my recent visits to the Fort Tilden hawkwatch platform I have paid a visit to the very busy butterfly bush near...
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Long have I heard the members of the New York City Butterfly Club extol the virtues of Floyd Bennett Field in terms of the...
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My trip upstate this past weekend was about more than family, food, and feathers (though all three of those things figured heavily). Somehow we...
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