Avian Ecologist

Wisconsin Butterflies – End of June

As prior mentioned, I “deconstructed” the histograms on Mike’s site to list species by their peak occurrence dates. This is mostly to help me, as I’m learning butterflies, to know what’s occurring here when. For this week… northern blue tawny crescent southern cloudywing

Fermoy WMA

We went on a “solstice vigil” trip to the bog to celebrate the long day! We left my apartment in the evening and got there with plenty of daylight left. We stayed until the diurnal birds stopped singing. At the WMA we saw several greenish blues!

A most excellent bog blog

(Shoutout to my friend Em for the sweet post title!) I don’t think I officially announced here that I am moving back East next month! Given that my time up north is coming to a close, I realized now is not the time to skimp on photos nor stories. Today, we walked into a bog […]

Indian skipper week!

As prior mentioned, I “deconstructed” the histograms on Mike’s site to list species by their peak occurrence dates. This is mostly to help me, as I’m learning butterflies, to know what’s occurring here when.

Brule Bog Trail

Today, we walked the boardwalks of the north country trail!

Mercury!

On our way home from exploring the outdoors tonight, we saw Mercury! I’ve always wanted to see this planet. It was a tiny sparkle just below Venus. We watched as it sank below the horizon around 10 PM.

Billings Park

Today, we walked the trail out to Girl Scout point and 2nd point road.

Soo Line

Tonight, we walked the Soo Line from the Hwy 65 intersection north for a bit before turning back.

Park Point Nature Trail

We walked to the “infrastructure” past the pine forest today before turning back.

Willard Munger Trailhead

This evening, we parked near the intersection of Pulaski St. and Bayhill to walk the trail. We walked a bit west and took a side trail to cut over to Bayhill. From there, we walked past the water treatment facility until we got to a bay overlook. We spotted a beaver lodge! Then, we walked […]