Mourning cloak butterflies, Nymphalis antiopa, have an immense geographic range that circles the globe in the northern hemisphere. They are native to North America, Europe and Asia, and in some areas ...

We were out at Lafayette Reservoir a couple of weeks ago, looking for the bald eagle that wasn’t there. But there was a fair amount of butterfly action: a probable echo blue, some small hyperactive ...

Looking back at the last five springs in the Northland, we see an interesting fluctuation. Two springs, 2010 and 2012, can be considered very early. Two, in 2013 and 2014, have been late, maybe said ...

One of the fascinating phenomena of autumn is the annual migration. This is mostly seen with birds that either spend the warm season with us or those passing through our region after breeding further ...

“ The mourning cloak is such an excel lent choice,” said Jean Thomas, the Stevensville woman who championed their designation and is president of the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs. “ It is such a ...

The Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopoa ) is one of the earliest (and the latest) flying butterflies in its native range, which spans widely across temperate North America and Eurasia. These ...

It was consistently cold through most of January. Then it warmed the first days of February. I was standing on our deck looking across the creek into the pasture. An eastern phoebe was hawking insects ...