Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Elyse and I spent most of today conducting field work at one of our Natural History Atlas sites. Birds are mostly quiet at this time of the year as they are feeding young everywhere. Butterflies and other pollinators were present in low but diverse numbers offering lovely views like this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on another gorgeous September-like July day.
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This is the first of two blog posts on RTPI’s Bird Fest 2014 which took place on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7. The first day featured two excursions focused on wetlands and grasslands. The wetlands stop took us to Akeley Swamp Important Bird Area just south of the New York-Pennsylvania border in Pine Grove Township, Warren County for a walk led by Don Watts. As you can see our morning fog lifted out and revealed a perfect June day. This afforded us a lot of good viewing opportunities and a chance to conduct rail callback surveys via my iPhone – we had Virginia Rails and a...
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