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Explicit Arches

Posted on Sep 6, 2015

Explicit Arches

While I have not posted too many moths lately, I have kept on mothing, as a young Roger Tory Peterson did, throughout the summer. It is time consuming to go through the photos that I take of what I find at my lights, especially when trying to identify eight or ten or more new species. Every couple of weeks there are different species occurring as flight seasons shift through the year. Some of that identification is going to have to wait for the winter. Nevertheless, I discovered this outrageously cool individual last night that I had to share now. Naturally it was on a shutter on the side of...

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Radar Migration September 3, 2015

Posted on Sep 4, 2015

Radar Migration September 3, 2015

Now that is what I call nocturnal migration! This was around midnight last night with the radar across the east being filled with birds heading south. Get outside today and find some…or many! It could also be the first decent day for some diurnal raptor migration at select hawk watch sites. Let us know what you’re seeing in your yards and favorite patches. Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator

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Migration – August 12, 2015

Posted on Aug 12, 2015

Migration – August 12, 2015

Here is the migration map – also known as the radar of the eastern continental United States – a few hours after sunset here on August 12, 2015. Avian targets, along with undoubtedly a few insects and bats, were mostly active in the southern regions where the wind is more consistently out of the north. For those of us in the Northeast we have a flow pushing birds to the Atlantic Coast, a typical occurrence for the fall. In another month the winds will be stronger and skies will be fuller. For now you can keep expecting to find birds like Bobolink, Orchard Oriole, Northern...

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Striped Skunk Digging

Posted on Aug 5, 2015

Striped Skunk Digging

Better late than never! Here is that Striped Skunk frenzied grub feeding video that I promised you. That HD footage is in normal speed…they are just that fast with those claws! Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator

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Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium ridgwayi)

Posted on Aug 4, 2015

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium ridgwayi)

Yesterday RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser stumbled on his wonderful photo of this Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium ridgwayi). He said it instantly brought him back to that night of achievement in Costa Rica. He and Tyler Christensen had been conducting a nightly owl census for over a month but had been unsuccessful in calling in one of these feisty owls. On their last net check of the night they found their first net empty, believing it to be another disappointing evening. When they shined their headlamps on the second net they saw little yellow feet kneading at the net against the pole, and...

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