New Island on the Falkland Islands. Penguins!!!! At last we reached the Falkland Islands, and on the first day here we had two excellent landings on New Island, at Coffin’s Harbour and North Harbour. Both landings involved a bit of walking, but after 2-3 days at sea, this was actually very welcome. We also had … Read more
Bob’s Butterfly and Bird Blog: Reflections On Cruising. Almost as soon as we had embarked on the ship in Puerto Madryn, we had started the cruise down to the Falkland Islands. After our first night on board we awoke to pretty calm conditions, and a few of us went out on the decks to watch … Read more
What’s In a Scientific Name? – Pajarito Environmental Education Center © Steve Cary, November 28, 2024 In this post we feature Mike Toliver’s fascinating write-up about scientific names and nomenclature among butterflies. But I know some of you are eager to learn about the new name search function within BONM, so let’s hit that first. … Read more
Bob’s Butterfly and Bird Blog: Puerto Madryn. Following the night at Buenos Aires, we flew down to Puerto Madryn where we had 3 nights before the cruise started. After a comfortable night, the lady that owned the apartment we were staying in, drove us out to Punta Loma, a nature reserve that had a beach … Read more
What is Winter Sowing? – Pajarito Environmental Education Center Blog post and photos by KokHeong McNaughton Winter Sowing is an easy way to start seeds that most resembles the natural conditions. Seeds are started in jugs and left outside during the winter months so that they will go through the natural cycle of freezing and … Read more
Bob’s Butterfly and Bird Blog: Buenos Aires. If someone had suggested in August, that I was about to head off to Antarctica, for a 4 week trip, I would have thought they were mad. Antarctica had never been on my agenda, and not a place I had ever thought of going, despite Matt telling me … Read more
Bob’s Butterfly and Bird Blog: Pied Wheatear. Having just returned from the longest trip I’ve ever had, I was busy this week recovering and sorting far too many photos. I hadn’t been home long when Matt called to say he would be popping round to say hello, as he was currently up Seaford Head watching … Read more
10 things you can do to REALLY save the monarchs That’s right, today’s blog entry is a list of things that monarch-lovers can and should do to help the monarchs – really. The emphasis here is on ‘really’ because this list will be unlike any you’ve seen before, or what you might expect based on … Read more
November 2024 Newsletter & Blog – Pajarito Environmental Education Center Photo of Monarch Butterfly thanks to Xerces.org Bee City Los Alamos November 2024 Newsletter & Blog As temperatures drop, the landscape around the mesas is transforming, and so are the needs of our local wildlife and pollinator-friendly gardens. Read on for this month’s tips on … Read more
More on Butterfly Names – Pajarito Environmental Education Center © Steve Cary, November 2024 Successful discovery and photographic study of a colony of Ellis’ Blue (Euphilotes ellisi) shows to nail down the rest of our dotted-blues (Euphilotes spp.), by Steve Cary. Ellis’ Blue has been a bit of an enigma in New Mexico. There have … Read more