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2014 Butterflies

Posted on January 1, 2015 by the roused bear

When I can I take a walk over my lunch break at work.  And in the summer I count the butterflies I see.  Here are my results for 2014. This chart represents the number of butterfly observations per hour.  I … Continue reading →

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Counting and Chasing Butterflies

Posted on November 15, 2013 by the roused bear

I have been doing butterfly surveys for over ten years, often over my lunch break at work.  This year I counted 24 species in the surveys.  I also chase them and photograph them.  I got photos of 35 species (all … Continue reading →

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Noon Walk Butterflies

Posted on November 13, 2013 by the roused bear

I take a walk over my lunch break, and I count butterflies as I am doing it.  Here are the results of this year’s surveys.  I saw 24 species, 943 total butterflies.  The species where I counted more than one … Continue reading →

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More on the Idea of the Butterfly Flux

Posted on January 28, 2013 by the roused bear

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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A Vision for the Future

Posted on May 15, 2012 by the roused bear

I have a vision for a butterfly web site that should be developed in the future.  First, I have to point out that there are a lot of great butterfly sites now.  One I really like shows all of the North American … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Survey Results for 2011

Posted on January 1, 2012 by the roused bear

I take a walk over my lunch break at work and while I do that, I keep track of the butterflies.  I have done this over a period of time–I have records going back through the summer of 2003. Initially … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Survey NA, BITD, TWB FAQs*

Posted on January 25, 2011 by the roused bear

1.  I can’t identify many butterflies.  Can I still do the surveys?  Yes—you will need to learn to identify the common butterflies around you, but nothing says you can’t start before you know them all.  How else will you learn? … Continue reading →

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How (and why) to conduct butterfly surveys

Posted on January 24, 2011 by the roused bear

Part of my approach to the sport of butterflying is doing butterfly surveys.  Sounds scientific, doesn’t it?  Well, it is.  But that doesn’t make it boring.  And maybe it is just an excuse to get outside more often. What I … Continue reading →

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The Sport of Butterflying

Posted on January 22, 2011 by the roused bear

The middle of winter is not the time to participate, but it is the time to talk about it. I love the sport of butterflying.   I am not sure that is the way to spell it, but it is a … Continue reading →

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Butterfly Survey Results–Lots of butterflies this year.

Posted on August 8, 2010 by the roused bear

I have been doing butterfly surveys for the past eight years–mostly informally.  I do report the results of some of them to the Iowa Butterfly Survey Network, which is associated with Reiman Gardens at Iowa State University. I have been … Continue reading →

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