Flight Happens
Common Loon / © Bryan Pfeiffer May 18, 2013: A breakout day for flying things. It began on one of my guided bird walks to Berlin Pond: Virginia Rail at our feet. Yellow Warblers glowing above. Scarlet...
View ArticleWhat’s This? No. 7
If What’s This? No. 5 was too easy and What’s This? No. 6 was tough, here’s one I’ll rate moderate in level of difficulty. (It’s got a decent beat and it’s okay to dance to.) I shot this one in High...
View ArticleThe Week in Flying Things
Edward’s Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii) / © Bryan Pfeiffer A state endangered butterfly. A globally vulnerable beetle. And a few common insects, including a lovely moth that resembles a pile of bird...
View ArticleHappy Vernal Equinox
On this day with roughly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness, I bring you two insects.
View ArticleYour Best Field Guides Aren’t Apps
Ed Lam’s Damselflies of the Northeast, an actual book. WHAT’S TRUE for movies is true for nature apps: the book is better. Yes, you can now carry a library of field guides on your gadget, which is fine...
View ArticleInsects and Us: Our Share Fate
Now that the fate of insects is being described in apocalyptic terms, I'll be helping to make some sense of it all live on Thursday, February 21, at noon on Vermont Public Radio.
View ArticleExtinction and other Matters of Life and Death and Insects
Perspectives on the "insect apocalypse" and what we might do about it.
View ArticleInsects for Birders
Join me April 2 for inspiration and practical advice on turning your binoculars toward butterflies, dragonflies, fireflies, tiger beetles and other glittering insects, which E. O. Wilson calls the...
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