Heating Up
Things are heating up! We are near the hottest part of the calendar year, and this week will be another warm one in the Northeast. All of the hot temperatures and sunny days are only making it livelier for butterflies, reptiles, wildflowers, dragonflies, feeding early migrant birds…there is a lot to see outdoors right now! Our staff is hard at work in active field projects across multiple states every day of the week, educating children of all ages as well as adults, discovering unexpected, rare or endangered life, and making a difference in pushing forward a passion for the...
Read MoreClover City
So many clovers, so little time! Welcome to summer. Let your grass grow up a bit and see what you can find. The bugs, bees to butterflies, will all appreciate it, and so will our air, your wallet and your back.
Read MoreClose-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...
Read MoreInternational Day for Biological Diversity
Sean saw a lot of great posts today about International Day for Biological Diversity and couldn’t help but put something together. He has been missing the tropics a lot lately, but can’t wait to see the biodiversity start to pick up in our area in the Northeast – and it’s happening now! Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Costa Rica and Panama for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.
Read MoreApril Sky
It is such an underrated thrill to have more frequently clear, dynamic and vivid cirrus skies instead of stratus this and that with inclement, blah-type weather. Be sure to always look up – you may end up seeing some of our atmosphere’s beauty, not to mention all sorts of birds, butterflies, dragonflies flying by and more that you may never have noticed in front of you. They are all about to arrive and emerge. Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator
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