Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) perched on a bare twig; NOW I WONDER logo in the bottom right.

March 31 – My Nature Journal

ByChristine My Nature Journal

March 31, 2024 Nature Journal

Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly

Cupido comyntas

Eastern Tailed Blue butterfly (Cupido comyntas) resting on green grass and clover leaves, showing top surface of its wings.
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Eastern tailed blue butterfly (Cupido comyntas) perched with wings closed on a gray rock among blades of grass in a sunny patch.
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Eastern Tailed Blue butterfly (Cupido comyntas) flying low above dry grass with a NOW I WONDER watermark.
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Eastern Tailed Blue butterfly (Cupido comyntas) resting on green grass in sunlight, showing the top surface of its wings.
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Eastern Tailed Blue butterfly (Cupido comyntas) taking flight off green foliage; NOW I Wonder watermark bottom right.
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Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) perched on a bare twig; NOW I WONDER logo in the bottom right.
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Today’s Nature Journal Snapshot

Time of Day

Around noon

Setting

Meadow

Temperature

78° F / 26° C

Weather

Sunny with passing clouds

Humidity

40%

March 31, 2023 Nature Journal

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Eastern gray squirrel perched on a branch between two trees in a forest and gnawing a nut; overlaid text shows the species name and a NOW I Wonder logo.
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Red and Black Blister Beetle

Tricrania sanguinipennis

Blister beetle (Tricrania sanguinipennis) with red elytra on a gravel surface; NOW I WONDER logo bottom-right.
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Key with purple grip beside a small red blister beetle on a concrete surface; overlay reads'Blister Beetle (Tricrania sanguinipennis)'; NOW I WONDER logo bottom right.
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Today’s Nature Journal Snapshot

Time of Day

Around noon

Setting

Oak, hickory, and pine forest

Temperature

66° F / 19° C

Weather

Sunny

Humidity

65%
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