Monthly Archives: August 2023

Today I had a couple of hours available to look for butterflies, so I headed over to the Downsville area to see what I could find. I stopped at the soccer field at the Central School which is also adjacent … Continue reading →

During the weekend I was able to get out for a few hours here and there. I really didn’t see much in the way of birds or butterflies, with the exception of another Leonard’s Skipper in the East Branch area. … Continue reading →

While I was searching for Red-banded and Gray Hairstreaks on Tuesday I came across the interesting creature pictured below. This little fellow is a Goldenrod Crab Spider. In this particular case the spider was on Queens-Anne’s Lace. I have read … Continue reading →

First off, I don’t want the title of this post to mislead anyone that I no longer look at birds. Birding is, and always will be, my greatest passion in life other than the most important things such as family … Continue reading →

This morning I basically looked for butterflies along Old Route 17 between Horton and East Branch. Most of the stretch was relatively quiet. I did find one area that was active, and it was here on a small stand of … Continue reading →

For the third consecutive day I have seen a White-M Hairstreak at the same site in the Hancock area. I found one on Saturday and late this afternoon, and Renee Davis and I observed one there yesterday as well. Based … Continue reading →

This morning my friend Renee picked me up to ride up to Hancock to look for a White-M Hairstreak since I found one there yesterday. I was really hoping we could track one down as it would be a life … Continue reading →

This morning I woke up around 7:00 A.M. and my plan was to drive right to Carcass Brook Road in Walton to take a 4-mile walk along the road there and see what birds might have arrived overnight with the … Continue reading →

Yesterday John Haas informed me he had, once again, found a Red-banded Hairstreak as well as multiple Gray Hairstreaks in a juniper field near Wurtsboro. It just so happened that this morning I was driving down to the Mamakating Environmental … Continue reading →

As the saying goes, if you build it, they will come. A few years ago I started to convert my flowers gardens from traditional non-native plants such as Hosta, Siberian Iris and Daylilies to native plants so that my garden … Continue reading →