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Where the Wild Things Are; Chadakoin River Ecology Showcase

Posted on Aug 7, 2015

Where the Wild Things Are; Chadakoin River Ecology Showcase

Where the Wild Things Are; Chadakoin River Ecology Showcase – Saturday, August 8th; 10:30am-12:30 pm on the Riverwalk downtown Jamestown (behind Friendly’s restaurant) Roger Tory Peterson Institutes ‘Wild America’ initiatives aim to reinvigorate and perpetuate appreciation of our local natural heritage. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Roger Tory Peterson’s telling of his own journey to discover the untamed reaches of our continent in the book by the same name. RTPI’s Project Wild America Youth Ambassadors, a group of 6 area high school students and 2 JCC students supervised by...

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Birding By Impression

Posted on Aug 6, 2015

Birding By Impression

The following is an excerpt from the Birding Community E-bulletin – July 2015 which is edited and distributed by Paul Baicich and Wayne Petersen. You can find the July 2015 edition here and all of Birding Community E-Bulletins here. BOOK NOTES: REVISITING BIRDING BY IMPRESSION (BBI) Practically all modern bird identification guides reflect a response to, or dialogue with, a 26-year-old Roger Tory Peterson who, in 1934, created a birding  breakthrough with the creation of his A Field Guide to the Birds (1934). Does this claim sound exaggerated? Perhaps. But perhaps not. The young...

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Streaked Orange Moth (Nascia acutella)

Posted on Jun 30, 2015

Streaked Orange Moth (Nascia acutella)

This appears to be a Streaked Orange moth (Nascia acutella), a species that the Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America by David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie describes as “uncommon” with its host plant “presumably grasses and sedges”. It is an example of how little we know about some of these scarce, cryptic, often local or specialized moth species. Only by extensive searching and subsequent discovery can we begin to unravel the mysteries of their life histories.

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Close-banded Yellowhorn

Posted on May 31, 2015

Close-banded Yellowhorn

Here we have what looks to be a Close-banded Yellowhorn (Colocasia propinquilinea) moth, one of a few dozen species that I enjoyed seeing while mothing this weekend. I will be sharing moths all spring, summer, and fall, in part to honor one of young Roger Tory Peterson’s hobbies, and something that helped foster his passion for the natural world in our Wild America. This pastime is as easy as turning on an outside light at night and seeing what shows up. The very difficult part comes in identifying these (mostly) nocturnal creatures! I do have the superb Peterson Field Guide to Moths...

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Bird Book Wars: The Emperor Strikes Back

Posted on Apr 30, 2015

Bird Book Wars: The Emperor Strikes Back

Our friend Patrick Comins, Audubon Connecticut Director of Bird Conservation, walked into my office with this a few days ago – it is the American Birding Association’s Birding journal from August 1981, Volume XIII, Number 4, featuring our own Roger Tory Peterson on the cover. Appropriately shown in his studio the story is hilariously titled, “Bird Book Wars: The Emperor Strikes Back” with an introduction and four reviews of the Fourth Edition of his legendary A Field Guide to the Birds. It also features a response by Roger Tory Peterson himself. They even made the...

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