Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) earlier today. More to come on this spectacular species…
Read MoreLittle Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
We don’t get to see too many Little Blue Herons foraging up close in a neighborhood pond on a spring day in the northeast…
Read MoreGreat Egret (Ardea alba)
This Great Egret (Ardea alba) was foraging at dusk in a tidal pool along the edge of Long Island Sound last night. Snowy Egrets, Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons were also nearby doing the same.
Read MoreChalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia)
Meet the Chalk-fronted Corporal (Ladona julia), a skimmer that will use you to attract insects like the mosquito to devour – aren’t dragonflies helpful?
Read MoreDowntown Snowy Owl
On this past Sunday night, February 9, I was fortunate enough to spot a Snowy Owl flying in downtown Jamestown. At around 10:23PM I observed an individual about 200 feet off the ground heading slowly but surely to the west. I watched the bird drift out of sight without any binoculars or my camera, neither of which would have helped much anyway. In thinking about the sighting afterwards it seemed to me that the bird was following the Chadakoin River. Snowy Owls are both diurnal and nocturnal and over the years I have seen individuals following different patterns at different times at...
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