northeast naturalist

The Pileated Woodpecker -- © Dave Spier It’s our largest woodpecker and almost as long as a crow. A white patch on top of ea...

Canon XTi with EF 100mm macro lens + macro-twin-flash; exp. 1/125 sec., f/16, at ISO 100 Virgin's Bower © Dave Spier In th...

© Dave Spier With a wingspan of roughly five inches (give or take an inch), the Giant Swallowtail ( Papilio cresphontes , syn. He...

Frogbit © Dave Spier Among its many incursions into southeastern Wayne County, New York, European Frogbit ( Hydrocharis morsus...

Beware of tall, attractive wildflowers with prickly leaves growing in fields. Most have beautiful magenta or lavender-colored heads, but ...

Ground-level view of an Ash-tree Bolete cluster on a grassy trail Mushroom species are seasonal in nature, much like wildflower species...

Yummy I have mixed feelings about early July. On the down side are the humidity and the mosquitos (which seem to have reached a new ...