Green Darners have been ovipositing in the Wetlands (3/13). Up until this Tuesday I had only seen males patrolling the area. I was finally able to confirm the emergence of Fragile Forktails (Ischnura posita). I photographed a damselfly a week ago (3/7) but wasn’t sure of its identity, although I was fairly confident that it [...] Read the rest of this entry »
And On March 10…
March 13th, 2012Clouded and Orange Sulphurs can be difficult to distignuish from one another, but I think that the butterfly above is the Orange variety of Sulphur. More to come. Read the rest of this entry »
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Herp Firsts
March 10th, 2012The first American Toad (Bufo americanus) and Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) of the season made their appearances on March 9 here at the Museum. I thought that I spied a snapper poke its pointy snout out of the water the day before (3/8) but couldn’t be sure. There’s no doubt about the one below. Something new [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Flora progress
March 9th, 2012A handful of flora images… And if you remember the elderberry from a month ago, here’s what it looks like now… Go out and enjoy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Just for the record
March 9th, 2012The first ode (dragonfly/damselfly) of the season was seen on February 24 flying low over the Wetlands. While I didn’t see it well enough to positively identify it, I’m confident that it was a Common Green Darner (Anax Junius). On March 1st I did see one close enough to make a positive ID. The first [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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The Finer Points…
March 8th, 2012…of identification of the Black Bears at the Museum of Life + Science. If you’ve spent any time around the Black Bear Exhibit you probably already know that we have four Black Bears on display, Mimi, Virginia, Gus, and Yona. You may also know how to tell them apart from one another, Mimi has two [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Tents Hatch
March 7th, 2012The tent caterpillars eggs that were mentioned in a previous post back in January have hatched. I first noticed the tiny caterpillars on March 3 as I walked through the Dinosaur Trail. I thought them some kind of fungus growing over the egg case. However, when I put on my glasses I realized that the fuzzy, gray [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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First Orangetip!
March 7th, 2012The first of the season Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea) here at the Museum was seen yesterday, March 6, in Catch the Wind. For those of you unfamiliar with this butterfly, it’s a spring flying butterfly and can only be seen for a short period each year. The sighting of this butterfly on Saturday was two days [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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A Strange Song
March 3rd, 2012Friday (3/2/12), I heard a strange yet vaguely familiar bird song as I walked down the boardwalk into the Wetlands. The song was coming from the slope to my right as I descended the first leg of the walkway. Many birds are in song at this time, certainly cardinals, chickadees, towhees, Pine Warblers, and Song [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Give me Some Kind of Sign
February 29th, 2012signs of the season… Read more about Chip. There are so many signs that point to spring it’s difficult to zero in on just a few. Here’s two very obvious bird signals of the change that’s coming. The two geese in the photos below arrive at the Museum’s Wetland each February. I’ve been calling them [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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