Bryan's Posts About What’s This?

What’s This? No. 20

Stop the presses. Grab the kids. Turn off the football game. What’s This? is back. The first person to name the critter wins $5 off any of my outings or lectures.

What’s This? No. 19

My What’s This? challenge returns with these oddities from southeastern Michigan on 3 June 2014. The first to name them wins prestige and $5 off any of my outings or workshops. Enter in the comments section below. Tomorrow I’ll post the winner and…

What’s This? No. 18

What’s This? No. 18 should be self-evident. The winner of this challenge, however, will name the species that left its mark on this rock (which I suspect is Shinumo quartzite). I photographed this on Phantom Creek in Grand Canyon National…

What’s This? No. 17

On Darwin’s Birthday today, which is Darwin Day, my What’s This? challenge returns from a long vacation. This one I photographed in northern Vermont on 1 February 2014. Name it and win fame, recognition here on the blog and $5…

What’s This? No. 16

Our next What’s This? challenge materialized on December 4, 2013. Name it to win nature notoriety and $5 off any of my outings or workshops. Enter using the comments section below. (Fear not – I don’t publish incorrect answers.) Here are…

What’s This? No. 15

My What’s This? challenge returns from a long vacation. Hint: It’s neither a turkey nor a football. Use the comments section below to name it and win little more than respect and $5 off any of my outings or workshops….

What’s This? No. 14

At long last my What’s This? challenge returns with a highlight of my summer road trip. This is among the most remarkable of its kind ever discovered. The first to name it wins fame and $5 off any of my…

DSA Update No. 3 and What’s This? No. 13

My regular What’s This? photo challenge joins my updates from the annual meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas here in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. So, yeah, you can probably determine what animal this belongs to. But name it to…

What’s This? No. 12

Here’s something on my path toward dragonflies on the bogs and along the lakes of Saskatchewan, Canada. Name it and win $5 off any of my outings or lectures. And if the summer monsoons have driven you indoors with time…

What’s This? No. 11

This lovely assembly, a chapter in the struggle for existence, came from along the Connecticut River near Haddam, CT, on Friday, June 21. Name it and win $5 off any of my outings or workshops. And if you’re looking for…

What’s This? No. 10

Today’s What’s This? – Number 10 in the series – amounted to shock and awe on the mountain, something I’ve never before seen. I shot it today (June 13) on the trail up Mt. Worcester in central Vermont. (A Bicknell’s…

What’s This? No. 9

The What’s This? challenge returns after a week of my chasing birds around northern Vermont and New Hampshire. Some of those highlights included two Bicknell’s Thrushes singing off the summit of Vermont’s Mt. Worcester on Monday, June 10, and a Tennessee…