Videos for a rainy (or isolated) day...

Hi folks! Whether you are working from home but dreaming of sunny days afield (or just plain dreaming of normal days), or are stuck at home trying to figure out how to keep yourself occupied, here are some video recordings you might find interesting. Al Wagar, a member of the Washington Butterfly Association (WBA), has kindly shared a list of his videos grouped by format. You may also visit his YouTube home page to browse through these and other nature videos as well. I have not watched all of these videos but I checked each link to make sure it works and hyperlinked them to the subject line instead of pasting the full path name. Let me know if you run into any issues (use my email contact on the left) and I hope you find these useful!

WBA Programs (Monthly Seattle Meetings) and Identification Videos

2017

Pelham – Fieldguides, field marks & identification

Pelham – Foodplant Guilds for Butterflies

LaBar – 2-in-1: Photos for Field Guides / Mapping Butterfly Records

Droppers – The next generation of butterfly enthusiasts (with butterfly course)

James – Butterfly Boom or Bust: The ecology of irruptions

Nunnallee – South Pacific cruise, with wildlife

2016

Yake – Mongolia

Droppers – Diurnal Moths of Washington

Baumann – New range info on 20 butterfly species

James – Butterflies of the Wallowas

2015

Nunnallee – Butterflies of Moses Meadow, Sinlahekin & Long Swamp

Haan – Edith's Checkerspots: rearing & host plants experiments

O’Donald – Native Pollinators: garden habitat & restoration

2014

James – Incarcerated citizen scientists (tagging Monarchs)

James – Beauty with benefits (wildflowers in vineyards)

Hamman – Burning for Butterflies (to restore Taylor Checkerspot)

Cronan – Habitat recovery after wildfire

2013

Kendall – Butterflies of Southern Florida

Pyle – Monarchs in the PNW

Linders – Restoration of the Taylor Checkerspot

Hardwick – Butterflies of the Olympic Mountains

2012

Paulson – Dragonflies: rainbows on the wing

Hardwick – Lesser Fritillaries & Crescents of Washington

Daniel – Reverse Engineering of Insect Flight

Pyle – Butterflies of China

Nunnallee – Buckwheats & the Butterflies They Host

Crabo & Peterson – What's better than butterflies? (Moths)

2011

Hardwick – The Hesperiidae (skippers) of Washington

Droppers – Sphinx Morths of Washington

Moore – Managing a Tropical Butterfly House (Pacific Science Center)

Baumann – Butterflies Of Spokane & Pend Oreille Counties

2010

Wagar – ID of Leavenworth Butterflies

Pelham – Basic Butterfly Biogeography

Droppers – Papilionidae and Pieridae of Washington

Attracting Hesperiidae in Ecuador

Hardwick – Butterflies of Ecuador

2009

Pyle – Swallowtail Seasons: The 1st Butterfly Big Year

Pelham – Basic Butterfly Biology

Pyle – Butterfly Conservation: saving the rainbow resources

Vesely – Detection dogs for surveys of Kincaid's lupine

James – Butterflies of the Yakima Region

Pelham – Talkin' The Blues (ID & habitats of blue butterflies)

Species Profiles & Short Presentations – all by Dave Nunnallee

Schnebly Coulee

When Butterflies Begin To Fade

Skippers: an overview of immatures

Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus

Clodius Parnassian Parnassius clodius

Mountain Parnassian Parnassius smintheus

Indra Swallowtail Papilio indra

Queen Alexandra’s Sulphur Colias alexandra

Sara Orangetip Anthocharis sara (now Julia, A. julia)

Edith’s Copper Lycaena editha

Hoary Elfin Callophrys polios

Sheridan's Green Hairstreak Callophrys sheridanii

Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus Outbreak

Hedgerow Hairstreak Satyrium saepium

Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon

Dotted Blue Euphilotes enoptes/columbiae

Buckeye Junonia coenia

Monarch Danaus plexippus

Northwestern Fritillary Speyeria hesperis

Western Meadow Fritillary Boloria epithore

Vidler’s Alpine Erebia vidleri

WBA Field Trips & Conference Videos

2017

Yakima Co: Earth Day At Cowiche Canyon April 22

Yakima Co: Butterflying at Snow Mountain Ranch May 20

Chelan Co: Swakane Canyon June 17

Chelan Co: Swakane Canyon June 28

Yakima Co: Bethel Ridge August 5

Grant Co: Lower Crab Creek Monarch Tagging August 25

2016

Yakima Co: North Cowiche April 30

Kittitas/Yakima Co: Wenas Rd & Manastash Observatory June 4

Kittitas Co: Tronson Ridge June 12

Kittitas Co: Seattle Home Schoolers at Reecer Canyon June 25

Chelan Co: Derby Canyon, Chumstick Count July 1

Clips from WBA Conference at Wallowas August 5-7

2015

Yakima Co: Cowiche April 18

Kittitas Co: Robinson Canyon & Reecer Canyon June 6

Chelan Co: Swakane Canyon June 13

Chelan Co: Chumstick Count July 11

Yakima Co: Bethel Ridge July 18

Skagit Co: Sauk Mountain August 8

Clips from WBA Conference in Okanogan Co. June 26-28

2014

Yakima Co: Cowiche Canyon May 10

Kittitas/Yakima Co: Umtanum Rd/Manastash Ridge June 28

Kittitas Co: Liberty Road July 5

Kittitas Co: Reecer Canyon July 12

Lewis Co: Bear Creek Mountain July 26

Pierce Co: Corral Pass August 2

Grant Co: Lower Crab Creek Monarch Tagging August 23

Pierce Co: Clips from Sheep Lake Hike Sept 6

Pierce Co: Sheep Lake, Remembering Bob Hardwick – Sept 6

Clips from WBA Conference in Moscow, Idaho May 30 - June 1

2011-2014 – Clips from Field Trips & Conferences

2010 – Clips from Leavenworth July 8-11 (joint meeting with LepSoc)

2005-2009 – Clips from Field Trips & Conferences