Pink Lady Slipper Orchids (Cypripedium acaule)
Pink Lady Slipper Orchids (Cypripedium acaule) were on display during RTPI Bird Fest 2014 under all of the birds as Sean so elegantly depicts here.
Read MoreShort-headed Garter Snake (Thamnophis brachystoma)
Meet today’s cool neighbor: the Short-headed Garter Snake (Thamnophis brachystoma). This obscure little reptile has one of the smallest distribution ranges of all North American snakes and is only found in a small section of Western New York, adjacent Pennsylvania and reaches just into Ohio. During a quick check of a nearby hibernaculum last week we found a dozen individuals including gravid females and last year’s juveniles, indicating that our local population is doing great.
Read MoreBrown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) by Scott Kruitbosch
Spoke to a landowner today who told me about a pair of breeding Brown Thrasher he hosts every year. Do you have any imperiled or rare species nesting on your property? We’d love to know, especially when it comes to grassland and shrubland birds. Email skruitbosch AT rtpi.org!
Read MoreCrowned Tree-frog (Anotheca Spinosa)
RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser notes, “This years Reps and Amps team observed 58 species over the course of two weeks in Rara Avis Rainforest Reserve in Costa Rica and added a new species to the 22 year-old cumulative list. This is an impressive task when the list includes over 130 species. The Crowned Tree-frog (Anotheca Spinosa) was found six times during the population surveys, an impressive number for this very elusive species. This points to the continued upward trend of this populations stability in Rara Avis and the surrounding area.”
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