American Robin Nest
Here is a sweet way to start your Monday – adorable American Robin (Turdus migratorius) fledglings sitting in their nest! It is getting cramped in there…good thing they all popped out and flew to the ground when mom came back with a meal. Stretch those wings!
Read More2016 Exhibits
RTPI will be closed to the public Monday, June 6 through Thursday, June 9 for exhibit installation. Our regular hours will resume on Friday, June 10. The Keeping The World Wild exhibition opens Friday, June 17. We hope to see you then!
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Many-lined Carpet Moth
Here is the Many-lined Carpet Moth (Anticlea multiferata) on a recent evening…can’t imagine why they call it that, huh…
Read MorePine Swamp Warbler
To answer yesterday’s quiz by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser, the Pine Swamp Warbler (Sylvia pusilla) was a bird Audubon originally painted as a new species of warbler. However, you may have figured out that it was the female Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens). This was an interesting mistake that highlighted the dimorphism between the male and female. It is one of the most drastic sexually dimorphic species of North American warblers.
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