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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Butterfly Count 2008 - Highest Number of Species in 12 years
While we had to postpone our annual butterfly count by a day due to the weather, it was definitely for the better! 48 people came out to help count butterflies on Sunday, August 3rd from 9:00 in the morning to about 4:30 in the afternoon.
We identified 2,903 individual butterflies and 55 species! This is the highest [...]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
A Swift Night Out - First Survey Window
You may see them flying over head, often at top speeds, dashing and turning as they chitter away. With their cigar-shaped bodies, these amazing birds are fast agile fliers and really a joy to watch.
As summer draws to a close and the swifts have finished raising their young, these fascinating aerial acrobats begin to congregate in [...]
