Review: Hummingbirds and Butterflies

Hummingbirds and Butterflies (Peterson Field Guides/Bird Watcher’s Digest Backyard Bird Guides) provides a large amount of information from two of the nation’s backyard wildlife experts. Bill Thompson III and Connie Toops have teamed up to help backyard gardener’s enhance their landscape specifically for two of the most popular winged creatures around: hummingbirds and butterflies. The

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Terns, Butterflies, and Dragonflies at Shabbona Lake State Park

Stacia and I decided to spend a few hours last Sunday at Shabbona Lake State Park with Bella. It was hotter than we expected and bird activity was pretty low. But we did manage to see quite a bit of interesting butterflies and some Forster’s Terns hunting in the lake. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Monarch Happy

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Review of Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year

Over the last couple years my appreciation for butterflies has grown greatly. Often when birds are uncooperative I’ve had excellent luck being distracted by the casual floating and fluttering of these other great migrating, winged animals. Thus, when I heard about Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year I was highly interested. If you are

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