Drawing of a Bobcat wading at the edge of a stream, shown against my faded photograph of a local stream bank.
Bobcat, my illustration and photography. For Streams: An Illustrated Guide, to be published by Yale University Press in 2026.
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Close photo of a tiny, bright green bee on the center of a coneflower.
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) on coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June 29.
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Photo of a mountain lake. The south end of Lake Louise and the delta of Louise Creek, under the 2,000-ft mountain wall of Little Beehive (right). Mount Victoria is the tallest mountain in the region (center). Lake Louise is fed by Victoria's Plain of Six Glaciers, only one of which still exists in 2025, due to climate warming. The wooded slope to the left is Fairview Mountain.
Lake Louise, south end, Banff National Park. (See ALT text for details.)
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Photo of a blue glacial lake, full of glacial rock powder that gives the lake a turquoise look, surrounded by high mountains, with spruce trees in the foreground.
Lake Louise Lakeside Trail, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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Photo of a blue glacial lake surrounded by high mountains, with a spruce tree in the foreground.
Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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Landscape photo of a calm Rocky Mountain lake at dawn, surrounded by steep mountainsides, under a dramatic clouded sky.
Lake Louise at dawn. Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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" I’m proud of this one. I brought a solar telescope to Florida to capture a Falcon 9 rocket launch transiting the sun. While these have been captured before, never with the details of the sun’s chromosphere, which makes this one the first!"
Text & Photo credits: @Cosmic Background Studios
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Close photo of a small bee on the center of a coneflower.
Pugnaceous Leafcutter Bee (Megachile pugnata), New Haven, CT, USA, June 30, 2025.
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Close photo of an early nymph of the Spotted Lanternfly, a highly destructive invasive species now spreading throughout the U.S. northeast, and in Connecticut.
A spot of trouble. Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) early nymph. New Haven, CT, USA.
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Silver-Spotted Skipper photo.
Slurp! Silver-Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), New Haven, CT, USA, June 30, 2025.
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Close photo of a small, colorful bee on the center of a coneflower.
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) on coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June 29.
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Multi-photo sequence of a bumble bee taking off from the center of a coneflower.
Brown-Belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis) liftoff from Coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June, 2024.
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Bug on the rim of a small white daisy flower.
Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris). Hamden (Brooksvale Park), CT, USA, June 28, 2025.
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Close photo of a fly standing on a green leaf.
God in His wisdom, Made the fly, And then forgot, To tell us why.
–Ogden Lauren Nash
Marsh Snipe Fly, North Haven, CT, USA, June 28, 2025.
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Close view of a Bumble Bee collecting pollen on the head of a Coneflower.
Brown-Belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis), North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
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Close view of a Bumble Bee working the center of a Coneflower.
Brown-Belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis), North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
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A tiny green metallic bee on a bright red coneflower center.
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) on Coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
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Very close photo of a small bee at the yellow center of a white daisy.
Ligated Furrow Bee on Oxeye Daisy. North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
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A close photo of a Bumble Bee on a Monarda (Beebalm) flower.
A Bumble Bee (Bombus, not sure which) on Monarda. North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
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Very close view of the center flower anatomy of a Coneflower.
Alien landscape: The center of a Coneflower (Echinacea).
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A tiny (~6-7mm) flowerfly on a beebalm flower.
Margined Calligrapher Flowerfly (Toxomerus marginatus) on Monarda, North Haven, CT, USA, June 27, 2025.
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A tiny metallic-green fly standing on a green leaf.
Long-Legged Fly (Condylostylus comatus). She's about 4mm long. North Haven, CT, USA, June 26, 2025.
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A small, white butterfly perched on a violet Salvia flower.
Cabbage White (Small White, Pieris rapae), on Salvia. North Haven, CT, USA, June 25, 2025.
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Close photo of a tiny green metallic sweat bee on the center of a coneflower.
Searching for Dr. Fibonacci. Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) on coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June 24.
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Close view of a tiny sweat bee on a coneflower center.
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) on coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June 24.
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A flowerfly (left) sitting at the end of a coneflower petal, with the center of the coneflower at right.
Margined Calligrapher Flowerfly (Toxomerus marginatus) on coneflower. North Haven, CT, USA, June 24.
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Close view of a tiny black-and-white striped jumping spider sitting on the yellow center of a Shasta Daisy flower.
Zebra Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus) on Shasta Daisy. North Haven, CT, USA, June 23, 2025.
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Close photo of a Margined Calligrapher flowerfly on an orange coneflower petal.
“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
– Bertrand Russell
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Close photo of a Margined Caligrapher flowerfly on an orange coneflower, with a tiny jumping spider on another section of the flower.
“Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly;
““Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy…
Margined Caligrapher on coneflower, with a jumping spider. North Haven, Connecticut, USA.
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Detailed illustration of a bright green Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle. Fierce predators, they favor sunny, exposed sandy or dirt roadsides, and are most common in June in Connecticut, USA.
Now’s the time to see the tiny but magnificent Six-Spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) in the U.S. northeast. Digital illustration.
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