View fullsize Happy Earth Day! Here's Formica obscuriventris one of the 14,035 ant species that we know exist on Earth today. This number goes up every year as scientists discover and describe new species. Estimates suggest the actual diversity is over 20,000. 🌎
View fullsize Downeast Maine. Spring 2021.
View fullsize Seeds of Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).
View fullsize A mating pair of Green-striped Darners (Aeshna verticalis). September 2021.
View fullsize New England Buckmoth (Hemileuca lucina). A beautiful and interesting moth. The species is endemic (geographically restricted) to New England. Such a restricted range is rare for northeastern US moths. Adults flying now. Find them in wetlands and p
View fullsize Eastern Forktail I've been spending some time mucking around wetlands getting to know some of the Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). "Odes" are predatory as larvae and adults, and are some of the most primitive winged insects on earth.
View fullsize Hope y'all are having a good pollinator week. Here's a little fuzz baby to celebrate. Perplexing Bumblebee (Bombus perplexus). #killyourlawn
View fullsize Forest golden hour.
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View fullsize Red Maple indicating an upcoming change in seasons. August 2020 shot on some very expired Kodak Gold.
View fullsize Staghorn Sumac. Velvety branches and berries.
View fullsize Whorled Yellow-loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia). #winterbotanical
View fullsize A frosty Striped Maple.
View fullsize Check out the view (err...fog) from The Great Cliff. Peregrines nest here occasionally. . . . #brandongap #catamountweeklywinterchallenge @catamounttrail @backcountrymag @outdoorgearexchange
View fullsize In and out of the clouds. Camel's Hump is Vermont's fourth-tallest peak and the state's only undeveloped peak with alpine tundra vegetation. Tundra vegetation was widespread in the Northeast at the end of the Ice Age. Once the climate start
View fullsize Morning reflection in The Whites.
View fullsize Love these tamarack (Larix laricina)!
View fullsize Hanging Spear Falls on the Opalescent River. Part of the Hudson River headwaters.
View fullsize Late summer bouquet.
View fullsize Cardinal flower, a beautiful Lobelia that graces stream and pond sides in late summer. - Long, tubular, red flowers suggest hummingbirds are important pollinators for this plant.