VisitingNature Website Updates

 

9-14-08 Updated Smoky Rubyspot (female) and Gemmed Satyr.

9-7-08 Added Upland Sandpiper, Common Tern, Black Tern and updated Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.

9-1-08 Added Band-winged Meadowhawk (male, pair in tandem), Canada Warbler and updated Argiope aurantia (female, male).

8-30-08 Added immature Eastern Kingbird from Charles City County, Virginia.

8-24-08 Added Efferia pogonias (Robber Fly) and updated Slender Spreadwing, Swamp Spreadwing, Autumn Meadowhawk, Ruby Meadowhawk, Common Sootywing and Zabulon Skipper.

8-20-08 Added Ocellated Darner (Boyeria grafiana) and Common Spreadwing (Lestes disjunctus) from Highland County, Virginia.

8-19-08 Added Zebra Heliconian and Golden Silk Spider (Nephila clavipes) from Fort Macon State Park, Carteret County, North Carolina.

8-15-08 Added female Clamp-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora tenebrosa) from Stafford County, Virginia.

8-10-08 Added Yellow-throated Vireo from Charles City County, Virginia and added a leucistic Horned Lark from Charles City County.

8-9-08 Added female Fawn Darner (Boyeria vinosa) ovipositing in Hardware River, Fluvanna County, Virginia.

8-3-08 Updated the following sites: Smoky Rubyspot (Hetaerina titia), Dusky Dancer (Argia translata) and Promachus rufipes (Robber Fly).

8-2-08 Updated Clamp-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora tenebrosa) with new photographs and information.

7-26-08 Added web page for Georgia River Cruiser (Macromia illinoiensis georgina). Updated Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis).

7-23-08 Added web pages for the following species: Robber Flies- Tipulogaster glabrata, Albibarbefferia albibarbis, Nerax femoratus; Odonates- Gray Petaltail, Amber-winged Spreadwing.

6-10-08 Added web pages and/or photographs for Birds: Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, male Red-winged Blackbird, Grasshopper Sparrow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow; Butterflies: Common Ringlet, Harris' Checkerspot, Odonates: Uhler's Sundragon, Prince Baskettail, Clamp-tipped Emerald and male Slender Bluet.

5-18-08 Added web pages and/or photographs for Illinois River Cruiser, Appalachian Jewelwing, Cinnamon Shadowdragon, Northern Cloudywing from Fluvanna County, Virginia.

4-19-08 Added photographs of cerci & epiprocts of yet to be named Ophiogomphus species found along the James River in Fluvanna County, Virginia. Also added photographs of male and female Spine-crowned Clubtail from Fluvanna County, Virginia.

4-12-08 Added photographs of emerging Ophiogomphus species found along the James River in Richmond, Virginia.

4-6-08 Updated both Cobra Clubtail (Gomphus vastus) and Splendid Clubtail (Gomphus lineatifrons).

4-1-08 Added Edward's Hairstreak and Redbelly Water Snake

3-30-08 Various photographs added: Birds- Palm Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo, American Pipit, Red-winged Blackbird; Odonates- Orange Bluet (immature male), Banded Pennant (female); Mammals- Muskrat; Reptiles/Amphibians- Redbelly Turtle, Bullfrog ; Robberflies- Laphria thoracica, Eudioctria species

3-23-08 Added photographs of adult White-faced Meadowhawk from Highland County, Virginia. Also added was Eastern Box Turtle from Charles City County, Virginia. Lastly, added Common Nighthawk from an early Florida trip.

3-22-08 Added photograph of American Snout from Sussex County, Virginia.

3-17-08 Added photograph of Intermediate Western Red-tailed Hawk (adult bird) and added Trumpeter Swan. Both birds were photographed in Glacier National Park, Montana.

3-15-08 Added photograph of Cicindela splendida (Splendid Tiger Beetle) from Goochland County, Virginia and added new web page for Cuerna costalis (Southeastern Grass Leafhopper).

3-9-08 Added two photographs of American Woodcock from Sussex County, Virginia. While normally secretive this individual bird walked across a gravel road early in the morning.

3-8-08 Added two additional photographs of Mangrove Cuckoo for identification purposes. Also provided update on unidentified Ophiogomphus species here in Virginia along the James River. It is possible that it is Ophiogomphus susbehcha.

2-24-08 Photographs of Pacific Loon at Kerr Lake Reservoir, Virginia added.

2-17-08 Photographs of Red Wolf (Canis rufus), Northern Bobwhite, American Kestrel, Anhinga, Greater Scaup added from Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge or eastern North Carolina.

12-26-07 Photographs of Bachman's Sparrow and a Robberfly genus, Megaphorus added from Carteret County, North Carolina.

12-1-07 Photographs added from Back Bay N.W.R. and Sandbridge, Virginia. Species included Great Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Collared-Dove, American Coot and Willet.

11-25-07 Added photographs from trip to Glacier National Park, Montana taken in late August and early September, 2007.

11-24-07 Added photographs of Rough-legged Hawk and Tree Sparrow from Highland County, Virginia. Also added photographs from the Highlands Nature Sanctuary near Hillsboro, Ohio.

11-10-07 Added photograph, taken as of this date, of Clay-colored Sparrow from eastern Henrico County, Virginia.

11-6-07 Added photographs of Least Chipmunk, Hoary Marmot, Columbian Ground Squirrel, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, Grizzly Bear, Mountain Goat, Bighorn Sheep, American Elk, Mule Deer, Moose and Pika from Glacier National Park, Montana.

10-21-07 Added photographs of Black Meadowhawk (Sympetrum danae), Striped Meadowhawk (Sympetrum pallipes), Pale Snaketail (Ophiogromphus severus) and Spotted Spreadwing (Lestes congener)from Glacier National Park, Montana.

10-7-07 Added photographs of Peregrine Falcon and Indigo Bunting and updated Blackpoll Warbler, Northern Parula, American Golden Plover and American Avocet.

10-5-07 Added photographs from Glacier National Park, Montana trip. Species include: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Prairie Falcon, Spruce Grouse, Blue Grouse, California Gull, Three-toed Woodpecker, Varied Thrush, Northern Flicker (Red-shafted), Gray Jay, Mountain Chickadee, Red-naped Sapsucker, Mountain Bluebird, Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon), Pine Grosbeak, Cassin's Finch and Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler. Other species added were: American Avocet, Lesser Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Scarlet Tanager, Northern Parula, Least Sandpiper, Philadelphia Vireo, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Blackpoll Warbler and Greater Yellowlegs.

8-26-07 Added photograph of Wilson's Phalarope from Charles City County, Virginia. Added photograph of moulting juvenile male Brown-headed Cowbird from Henrico County, Virginia. Added male Summer Tanager photographed in Henrico County, Virginia.

8-25-07 Added photograph of a male Black Horse Fly (Tabanus atratus) from Sussex County, Virginia. Added photograph of Southern Pearly-eye (Enodia portlandia) from Sussex County, Virginia.

8-19-07 Added three photographs of Northern River Otter (Lontra canadensis) taken in Sussex County, Virginia. Also added three photographs of Swamp Spreadwing (Lestes vigilax) from Sussex County, Virginia.

8-18-07 Added a photograph of a male like female Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis) with a greenish thorax from King William County, Virginia. Also added a mated pair and a dark thoraxed Big Bluet (Enallagma durum) from King William County, Virginia. Lastly added, Dasymutilla occidentalis (Cow Killer Ant) from King William County, Virginia.

8-16-07 Added a photograph of Ommatius wilcoxi, a Robber Fly, from Sussex County, Virginia.

8-12-07 Added a photograph of Black-throated Blue Warbler and Eastern Chipmunk from Highland County, Virginia.

8-11-07 Added two photographs of Marsh Bluet (Enallagma ebrien) from Highland County, Virginia. The first apparent record in 30 years for Virginia.

8-4-07 Added three photographs of Russet-Tipped Clubtail (Stylurus plagiatus) and one photograph of Hoary Edge (Achalarus lyciades) from King William County, Virginia and one photograph of Swift Setwing (Dythemis velox) from Goochland County, Virginia.

7-29-07 Added three photographs of Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and one photograph of Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus).

7-28-07 Added two photographs of Golden-winged Skimmer (Libellula auripennis), male, taken in Sussex County, Virginia. Also added two photographs of Lace-winged Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes aesculapisu) also taken in Sussex County, Virginia. A robberfly, Diogmites crudelis was added also photographed in Sussex County and finally a Dion Skipper (Euphyes dion).

7-21-07 Added two photographs of Dragonhunter (Hagenius brevistylus). Photographs were taken along the Hardware River in Fluvanna County, Virginia.