Noble Proctor Video
NEXT SATURDAY: A celebration of Noble Proctor’s life in the form of a BioBlitz Challenge at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, Connecticut on Saturday, May 14, 2016 from 8AM to sunset. Our headquarters for the BioBlitz will be at the pavilion near Willard’s Island. At 1:00 PM, we will come together as a group, sit down for lunch, and have a gathering at the pavilion to say a few words about Noble. Please take a look at this touching and wonderful short video on Noble by Patrick...
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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 MoreNoble Wins Roger Tory Peterson Award
The 2013 Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History Bird Festival was made quite a bit more festive by the announcement that Noble Proctor was receiving the American Birding Association’s highest award: the Roger Tory Peterson Award promoting the Cause of Birding. This ‘lifetime achievement’ award has only been awarded a handful of times but few are more worthy of receiving this honor as Noble Proctor. ABA president Jeff Gordon detoured from his trip to Brazil to stop at RTPI and personally hand Noble this award during an evening program. It was a sensational...
Read MoreNoble in Ecuador
Here’s another outstanding photo of writer, naturalist, birder, and professor of biology Noble S. Proctor by Patrick Lynch – Ecuador, 1976.
Read MoreNoble S. Proctor
This moving tribute to Noble Proctor and the accompanying terrific photo are by Patrick Lynch. Noble S. Proctor, May 28, 2015. I started at Southern as an art major, and after an unhappy semester and a half I decided to switch to biology. For guidance in the new major I was assigned to a young faculty member, a “Doctor Proctor.” We met, and Dr. Proctor turned out to be a very helpful and patient guide to starting over as a biology major, and after a pleasant half hour or so I went on my way. About six months later I was walking between classes in Morrill Hall, not paying much attention to...
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