by northoftheridge | Jun 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
There is a small pond nearby that hosts great numbers of dragonflies. It is large enough to pull in the bigger dragonflies, but it is small enough that I can track a dragon all the way across the pond and back by eye. This is where I practice “wing-shooting”...
by northoftheridge | Jun 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last year I was up in Centre County on 16 May, and I saw a butterfly that I had never seen before. I only managed to get one lousy photo of one specimen before it disappeared. I bonked the shot, but it was good enough for an identification when I got home. Common...
by northoftheridge | May 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
I almost missed it. It was right in front of me, and I almost missed it. I was even looking down, looking for wildflowers, and I didn’t see it. In fact, I almost stepped on it. How do you miss something like that? And I would have missed it, were it not for the burst...
by northoftheridge | May 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
I try not to do this, try not to inflict one of those self-absorbed, egotistical chronicles about “what I did on the 19th of May,” but the fact is I had a good day afield on the 19th of May. Besides, I’m a fairly self-absorbed and egotistical kind of guy. Herewith the...
by northoftheridge | May 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
I was driving north on 235 the other day and passed a small church along the side of the road. As is common these days, the church had a marquee out front and the parson had posted a quote from scripture. Nothing unusual there, but the quote itself gave me pause: “the...
