Here’s a butterfly that’s relatively easy to see this time of year. The Common Wood Nymph is generally dull brown but it has some snazzy highlights that make it stand out.
Read more →This little bat was found dead last fall clinging to the side of a tree. Since then, I would occasionally remember to check to see if it was still there.
Read more →It’s time for an interruption for Gasteruption!
Read more →A small stained glass window is resting on a leaf. The opalescent panels shimmer with the slightest breath of wind, reflecting the radiant halo of mother nature. It is a passageway, an opening to a locket. Inside are luminous keepsakes. The song of the Chickadee. An inchworm measuring your arm. A sweep of wind across a meadow. An unrestrained river.
Read more →The cicadas in the western U.S. aren’t the periodic cicadas that emerge by the jillions on the east coast. But they do live underground as larvae, leave behind spectral pupal casings, and make buzzing and clicking calls with a unique and fascinating organ—more on that later.
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