Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera)
We’re still finding time to monitor the Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera) with our SUNY interns whenever possible. Right now they are moving around a lot and the weather has not been favorable for our work but here are a few of the 11 that I recorded today.
Read MoreStraight-lined Plagodis (Plagodis phlogosaria)
Here’s today National Moth Week specimen, the Straight-lined Plagodis (Plagodis phlogosaria) as found during the RTPI/SUNY College Lodge BioBlitz last Friday night.
Read MorePainted Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia fucosa)
It’s National Moth Week! Take a look at this beauty we found during the RTPI/SUNY College Lodge BioBlitz last Friday night, a Painted Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia fucosa).
Read MoreSpotted Salamander and Eastern Newt
Here are a couple of friends we met and Sean photographed during the BioBlitz yesterday – a Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) and an Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens). These neighbors could very well be in your backyard right now if you’re in the Eastern U.S. As Sean noted the rain may not have helped our overall total of life (bleh for bugs and birds!) but it did provide assistance for finding amphibians.
Read MoreBioBlitz this Friday-Saturday at SUNY College Lodge
We are only two days away from the blitz! On July 18-19, 2014 experts from across the region will take part in a ‘BioBlitz’ conducted by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History at the SUNY College Lodge Nature Preserve in Brocton. A BioBlitz is a 24-hour race to identify as many species of plants and animals of all kinds on the property and we invite you to join in the fun. Hear from the experts what they are finding or join us for a number of free and public walks and talks about some of the unique and exciting life that can be found on the approximately 200-acre property owned...
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