Birds, Bugs

Field Sparrow and Prey

April 5, 2012 by Corey 12 Comments
I have never in my life been more glad not to be a bug. … If you liked this post and want to see...
Bugs

Plague of Summer’s End: An Ode to the Carolina Grasshopper

September 30, 2011 by Carrie 3 Comments
When I was a child, we called them locusts. They appeared sometime between when we started to worry about the water level in the...
Bugs

In the heat of the day

February 19, 2011 by Redgannet 6 Comments
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...
Bugs

Damselflies at the Calverton Ponds Preserve

June 29, 2010 by Corey 9 Comments
Pity the poor damselfly.  Damselflies make up the practically-ignored suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata and are overshadowed by their flashier evolutionary cousins of...
Bugs

Insects at the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge

June 17, 2010 by Corey 1 Comment
The Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge actually spans two states, New York and New Jersey, and has a host of species that call it...
Bugs, Plants

Mountain Ash Trees Doing Great

August 17, 2009 by Corey 6 Comments
Folks might remember that last year I did what I grandly called an Anti-Global Warming Big Year, the idea of which was was to...
Bugs

Marvelous Migrating Monarch Butterflies

October 12, 2008 by Corey 3 Comments
Monarch Butterflies, as they do every fall, are heading south for the winter.  Along the coast one can see pretty big numbers of them,...
Bugs

Two More Butterflies

August 14, 2008 by Corey 2 Comments
Two of the more recognizable butterflies of the northeastern United States were kindly enough to pause in front of my camera lens of late,...
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