For those odonatologically-minded philatelists or philatelically-minded odonatologists, a postage stamp of the rather peculiar face value of sixty-two U.S. cents is now available from the U.S. Postal Service that combines the two above-mentioned passions. Peace and good bird watching.
John E. Riutta
About John E. Riutta
Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
Curious Lack of Birds
I'm here in "The Happiest Place on Earth" with my family on a much needed vacation. I've taken a few BlackBerry photos while here with which I had meant to combine clever captions for posting in moblog style but a JavaScript error I have not previously seen is preventing me from doing so. Like any […]
Wildlife Images from the ABA Convention Field Trips
As with any good American Birding Association convention, the field trips available to the attending membership were plentiful and highly productive. I ventured forth with the group visiting Mirror Lake in search of the Black Rosy Finch and with another group travelling to Antelope island in quest of the Chukar population there to be found. […]
The Riddle of the Sphinx Moth
Maybe I should change my name to “Born Again Moth Watcher.” While the bird watching has been good this past week in Snowbird at the ABA convention, the moth watching has been superb. As I was having lunch this very afternoon I spotted this exquisite One-eyed Sphinx moth, Smerinthus cerisyi, resting on a nearby concrete […]