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...
Read MoreNoble S. Proctor Memorial Service
Via Patrick Lynch: For those of you could not get there, or others interested, this is a video of the memorial service for Noble Proctor, held at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, June 9, 2015.
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This evening there was a memorial gathering to honor Noble S. Proctor in the third floor auditorium of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut. Hundreds of people came to remember Noble, and touching tributes were given by his entire family and a couple of former students and great friends of Noble’s and ours, Frank Gallo and Patrick Lynch, who took this photo. I would not have had the opportunity to take a photo of this sign-in table by the time I arrived because the entire room was filled to capacity with so many tremendous friends of a wonderful man. It...
Read MoreClose-banded Yellowhorn
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...
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