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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018,

This is a male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. I found this guy at Avalon Park and Preserve back at the end of last July. I had spent most of the morning photographing Monarchs when I spotted this beauty. This is a fairy large butterfly, bigger than Monarchs, and hard to miss.The female, which comes in two color morphs, is supposed to be even larger than the male.

I have two field guides for butterflies. One is the Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America and the other is the National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies. Both guides say that the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is one of the most common butterflies in its range and yet, I rarely see them at all. It’s not like they’re hard to see. I saw an abundance of Monarchs this year but this was the only Tiger Swallowtail I saw all season. I feel lucky to have gotten these shots. Maybe I need to go back to wearing glasses. JK.

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Breaching Whale

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Thursday, September 20, 2018,

This is ‘Breaching Whale’, the latest sculpture by local artist John Scarola. It stands just over fifteen feet tall and is the newest installment at the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum. I think the sculpture will help to draw more attention to the museum, which is in an often overlooked building just east of the main part of town. It’s a great museum and maybe now it will get more of the attention it deserves. The whaling industry is what put Cold Spring harbor on the map and this sculpture may just put the Whaling Museum back on the map of Cold Spring Harbor.

Breaching Whale is not Mr. Scarola’s only sculpture in Cold Spring Harbor. In fact, his sculptures now bookend the town. With the award winning ‘Two Schools of Thought’ to the west, at Billy Joel Park,  and now ‘Breaching Whale’ to the east, John Scarola’s works can now be seen coming or going from Cold Spring Harbor. In my opinion, the town is all the better for it. JK