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Butterflies and Storm Water Management

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Some fairly recent changes in building codes and storm water regulation present what I consider to be some pretty good opportunities for butterfly conservation. Storm water detention basins are engineered structures, designed to detain water from heavy rains for a … Continue reading →

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The Eye of the Butterfly

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

This is a pearl crescent, Phyciodes tharos.

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More Thoughts about Butterflies

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

I am getting ready to attend a conference about butterfly conservation soon.  I was thinking about some butterfly conservation issues, so I went through some of my photos to illustrate the points I would like to make. But the points … Continue reading →

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More on the Idea of the Butterfly Flux

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

One of the things about blogging is that you can put ideas out there in real time, maybe while they are in the process of being developed.  So I put out the idea of a “butterfly flux,” and since that … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Butterflies in the Middle of Winter

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

I have been thinking about butterflies and butterfly conservation lately.  I know it is winter, but that is the way it goes. It seems to me that butterfly conservation efforts focus on the rare.  The Poweshiek skipper that I have … Continue reading →

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More Texas Butterflies

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

I am back home from the Texas Butterfly Festival.  I had a blast.  I have been sorting through my photos–I ended up with over eight hundred.  I photographed about 50 species–I haven’t sorted out the IDs for all of them … Continue reading →

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More from the Texas Butterfly Festival

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

A cold front came in yesterday so it wasn’t a good day for butterflies–at least, not until about 3:00 pm when the sun came out and it warmed up a little.  I went on a field trip boat ride on … Continue reading →

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It’s a Whole Nother Country

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

I am  at the Texas Butterfly Festival.  So far I am having a whole lot of fun.  Butterflies here are spectacular! I took over 300 photos.  At least 270 of them are not so good, but maybe some are better. Here is … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Help Myself

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

Yesterday I had about a ten minute break from cutting firewood (I spent an hour and a half cutting the wood, and about four hours before that trying to get the chain saw started).   I was able to get a … Continue reading →

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Three Years Ago

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

A cold front came in tonight and it is cool and windy outside this evening.  Butterflies are not flying. I found a photo I took on this date in 2009–this is a cabbage white.  They have been kind of rare … Continue reading →

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