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A Fertile Crescent
I'd only seen the Pale Crescent (Phyciodes pallida) one time in Oregon, or anywhere for that matter. And I only saw one of them. It was...

Neil Björklund
May 15, 20193 min read
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Let the Season Begin!
After all that snow, who thought we'd see multiple days of 70+ degrees so soon! While we were throwing off our jackets and running...

Neil Björklund
Mar 20, 20193 min read
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Facing the Monster, #149
The Senoi people of the Malaysian peninsula teach their children that, when the child encounters a dangerous animal or monster in their...

Neil Björklund
Jul 31, 20189 min read
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Fire Line
On Sunday, I drove down Interstate 5 to the Ashland area, in hopes of photographing the elusive Sooty Hairstreak and Sternitsky's...

Neil Björklund
Jul 10, 20184 min read
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The Admiral is in the House
It seemed like a crazy idea, but then occasionally, crazy ideas actually work out well. The idea was to make a "rocket run" down to the...

Neil Björklund
Jul 5, 20183 min read
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A Big Day + A Big Miss
Those last 13 species... some of them are not going to come easily. Over the years, I've spent seven days searching for the...

Neil Björklund
Jun 29, 20184 min read
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#147, Ancilla Blue
Sometimes, it doesn't have to be difficult. You know how our expectation that something will be difficult can seem to create that very...

Neil Björklund
Jun 15, 20182 min read
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14 Species to Go
As of June 6, 2018, I have 14 species remaining to photograph in Oregon. If I'm lucky, I will be able to photograph four or five of...

Neil Björklund
Jun 9, 20182 min read
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