Americas: Maine to Panama
- Most naturalists know there are endless wonders in local meadows and woodlands. Yet we also have the itch to travel. Exotic wonders pictured in field guides and our own curiosity often take us to places far from home. Naturalists were, in fact, among the earliest wanderers in the New World. From the late 1600s through the late 1800s these pioneers described and illustrated the “natural curiosities” of the Americas. John White and Mark Catesby were followed by Wilson and Audubon and then by Lewis and Clark. And so, just as I will never have enough of following Thoreau’s footsteps, I have also crossed the paths of Bartram, Nuttall, and Say. Charles Darwin has provided an intellectual context for my journey and Aldo Leopold a place for my heart. These videos share a few of the treasures I have found.
Birds
Broad-billed Motmot
Cape May Warbler
Greater Prairie Chicken
Green Jay
Northern Flicker
Sandhill Crane
Silver-thoated Tanager
Mammals
Black-tailed Jackrabbit
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Mantled Howler
Amphibians & Reptiles
Carolina Anole
Cope's Grey Tree Frog
Eastern Milk Snake
Northern Water Snake
So. Desert Horned LIzard
Brown Anole
Texas Spiny Lizard
Butterflies & Dragonflies
American Snout
Green-striped Darner
Gulf Fritillary
Jewelwing Damselfiels
Mexican Bluewing
Monarch Roost
Sister
Togama Stripestreak
Other Arthropods
Marine Springtail
Robber Flies
Carpenter Ant
Thread-waisted Wasps
Monarch and Mantis
Giant Ichneumon Wasp
Jumping Spider
Landscapes
Panama Canal Zone
Acadia NP - Down East
Anza Borrego SP - CA
Stump Pond in Spring - MA