Trying not to inhale so much of the dust cloud that envelops us, I am sporting a bandana tied bank-robber style. A winding track...
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Monarchs. They’re practically honorary birds – beloved, much written about, rather visible and charismatic in their stripey larval form and spectacularly so as vivid...
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I don’t know if you have ever tried to bird with a cold, but it’s not easy. All your senses are dulled, which makes...
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Birders of the 21st century have it good, especially those of us who speak and read English. We can bird all over the world,...
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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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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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