A Digest: Butterflies, Birds, Extinction and Hope

News from the frontiers of wildlife, brief book reviews and, for paid subscribers, my perspective on Ivory-billed Woodpeckers

Clockwise from upper left: Atala (Eumaeus atala), Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis), Little Metalmark (Calephelis virginiensis), Leonard’s Skipper (Hesperia leonardus), Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Sara Orangetip (Anthocharis sara) / All images @ Bryan Pfeiffer

I’M CHASING rare butterflies here in Vermont, which is why you’re reading this…