Eastern Phoebe
Here is a Throwback Thursday to a little more color! I photographed this Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) around a month ago with the fall foliage still just beginning to change. It will be a while before we see that sort of green background again, but these birds could have stayed here for longer than usual with all the insects we still have in the air thanks to continued warmth. You never know, some may still be here…check out any hotspots, literally, and you could find some very late birds. Scott Kruitbosch Conservation & Outreach Coordinator
Read MoreElyse’s Coastal Adventure
Here are a couple #TBT Throwback Thursday photos of RTPI Conservation Technician Elyse Henshaw on her Coastal Adventure in August. It is hard to believe but one could comfortably wear shorts yesterday here on the shore of Long Island Sound! We will get our snow, but for now? Love it!
Read MoreRoger Tory Peterson Tour at Home
For Throwback Thursday here is the view from the front of Roger Tory Peterson’s Jamestown home. You can also see a sign with a young Roger for our new cell phone tour called, “In the Footsteps of Roger Tory Peterson.” The mobile tour has fifteen stops scattered around the Jamestown area, highlighting Roger’s childhood and other locations where he was first inspired by nature, portraying how he began a lifelong career devoted to art, conservation and education. This is part of a project being developed by RTPI – the “Wild America” Cell Phone Tours – that allows people...
Read MoreBird Book Wars: The Emperor Strikes Back
Our friend Patrick Comins, Audubon Connecticut Director of Bird Conservation, walked into my office with this a few days ago – it is the American Birding Association’s Birding journal from August 1981, Volume XIII, Number 4, featuring our own Roger Tory Peterson on the cover. Appropriately shown in his studio the story is hilariously titled, “Bird Book Wars: The Emperor Strikes Back” with an introduction and four reviews of the Fourth Edition of his legendary A Field Guide to the Birds. It also features a response by Roger Tory Peterson himself. They even made the...
Read MoreCelebrating Wild America: A Selection of Works by Roger Tory Peterson
Currently at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History – Celebrating Wild America: A Selection of Works by Roger Tory Peterson, now through April 26, 2015. The exhibition includes original works from the books How to Know the Birds (1949), Wild America (1955), and The Bird Watcher’s Anthology (1957). Many of these extraordinary pieces have never been seen by the general public. Visit us as soon as you can!
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