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July 29, 2020 - Years ago, the sight of a yellow jacket would have sent me running in near-terror in the opposite direction. Why is a lo...

July 23, 2020 - I spend a lot of time and quite joyful energy in July looking for hummingbird moths, those remarkable lepidopteran mimic...

April 12, 2020 - This is probably the strangest Easter, indeed, the strangest holiday season, in my pretty long life. All of our traditio...

August 01, 2019 - It's been a remarkable year for Monarch butterflies! Except, if you look carefully, you'll notice something perplexing....

July 09, 2019 - While I typically get on the trail for at least a short trek every day, I almost always start my mornings by checking ou...

July 07, 2019 - In the classic 1942 film Casablanca, Bogie lifts up Bergman's chin and says "Here's lookin' at you, kid." This critter m...

October 16, 2018 - At first, I thought this was a small twig that had somehow gotten stuck on the newspaper attachment to the mailbox. It's...

September 05, 2018 - It's been a summer of depressing abundance for Yellow Jackets, those nasty tempered wasps that, too often, rise out of t...

August 10, 2018 - Today was the once-a-month-or-so time to visit the town dump, and, with the trash and recyclables deposited in their pro...

July 06, 2018 - The Lace-cap Hydrangeas have started to open and put on their annual show. In addition to a fine collection of bumblebee...

September 10, 2017 - Every year, I try to learn a new group of critters—as well as, of course, add to my attempts to master the identificatio...

June 06, 2017 - With the Mountain Laurels starting to put on a show in the backyard, I decided to visit another Laurel stronghold, this...

August 14, 2016 - The second flowering of the Sweet William blossoms is in full swing—how's that for alliteration?—and when I'm walking ar...

March 17, 2016 - The first bees have already emerged from their winter hibernacula, and not long behind them, their mimics are out and ab...