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Yes, It’s a Delphinium!
This first week in November mirrors Novembers past. Almost all of our U.S. butterflies no longer are flying. Their wildflowers are memories now. Those of us who enjoy seeing butterfly images . . . are...
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Stalking Plain Tigers
Knee down, careful to not make any unnecessary moves. I have been seeking images of these Plain Tiger butterflies for much of 2 weeks now, in Mishmarot. 30 minutes drive from Netanya, Caesaria and...
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Darner at Rest (Mishmarot, Israel)
July 2014 in an agricultural field on the coastal plain of Israel, at Mishmarot. Up at 4-ish, 5 minute hike to this spot. Camera ready, blousing garters in place around my ankles, knee pad on my left...
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Plain Tigers – Real Time
What would you do? Several hundred approaches executed during those two weeks working the fields abutting orange groves, and no more than 6 to 8% of those stalks produced Danaus Chrysippus Chrysippus...
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Do You See What I See?
This is what it’s all about. There is no predicting what we will find when we set out to discover butterflies. It is a brew of timing, location, weather, habitat health, and your luck quotient. This...
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Ever Met Snake Tongue Orchid?
A sage family member shared, years ago, that grandchildren, for those fortunate enough to enjoy them, were “dividends.” He got that right. Application to butterflies and wildflowers? Seeking...
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Protected Middle Eastern Parnassians, Found and Engaged
Rare butterflies, limited to a hilly range in the northwestern corner of Israel, and they fly for a single month, March. What I have learned about rare, protected butterflies, I can share with you....
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This Gal Looks Very Familiar . . . .
Cow photographed by Jeff Zablow on Northern Golan Trail, Israel, on 3/20/12 I’m just back from Israel. I’ve logged many miles of rock strewn trails in the Upper Galilee and in the Golan Heights, where...
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Little Tiger Blue Butterfly
This was one of the one’s I wanted to meet and greet. Tarucus balkanicus, a tiny tuxedoed butterfly I might have seen once before, but have never photographed. I drove south from my SPNI Golan field...
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Lesser Fiery Copper in Israel
I was hot, quite hot on one of Ramat Hanadiv’s descending trails. It was morning, but it was h-o-t. No sweat as they say for this guy, a lesser Fiery Copper (Lycaena thersamon omphale), intent on...
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Israel Loves the USA
It’s independence Day here in America. I dived into my store of ready to post images, and came up with this one I captured in March 2016. It is a view of America’s really good friend, Israel. The...
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Your HolyLand Geography Lesson, circa March 2015
I’ve travelled alot this 2015, at least alot for a guy who is kind of reticent to travel to very new places. Me, “the solitary traveler,” makes trips to Georgia, Florida, Western New York, and as seen...
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Hermon Iris Revisited (Protected)
On March 28th, 2017 I fly El Al back to Israel. Regretably, you will not be sitting on either side of me. I pledge though to search for worthy images, like this one, enjoyed in 2013. to share with you...
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Singing the Blues in Just a Few Weeks?
Reminiscing of the memorable blues (Sinatra, Paul Newman, that girl from the Bronx . . . ), the morning of chasing tiny blue butterflies in the land surrounding Neve Ativ wasn’t delivering good blue...
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Syria, Butterflies and 2008
These cattle are doing what they used to do, for perhaps hundreds of years. Their Arab owners lived down the mountain, in Syria. Why they chose to climb 7,000 feet to the peak of Mt. Hermon, still...
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Flying to the Middle East . . . Me And Gilbert O’Sullivan
My flight on Tuesday, March 28th fast approaches. I have yet to put a single thing in my suitcase. Usually earning B+’s for packing, collecting my field clothing, leisure clothing and Sabbath...
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This Gal Looks Very Familiar . . .
Cow photographed by Jeff Zablow on Northern Golan Trail, Israel, on 3/20/12 I’m just back from Israel. I’ve logged many miles of rock strewn trails in the Upper Galilee and in the Golan Heights, where...
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Little Tiger Blue Butterfly
This was one of the one’s I wanted to meet and greet. Tarucus balkanicus, a tiny tuxedoed butterfly I might have seen once before, but have never photographed. I drove south from my SPNI Golan field...
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Lesser Fiery Copper in Israel
I was hot, quite hot on one of Ramat Hanadiv’s descending trails. It was morning, but it was h-o-t. No sweat as they say for this guy, a lesser Fiery Copper (Lycaena thersamon omphale), intent on...
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Protected Middle Eastern Parnassians, Found and Engaged
Rare butterflies, limited to a hilly range in the northwestern corner of Israel, and they fly for a single month, March. What I have learned about rare, protected butterflies, I can share with you....
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