Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year 2013 Since its creation in the

Since its creation in the 1870s

bound by debt or spurred by drought

and others who are eager to learn more about conservation biology

and Miguel Lentino is scientific director at the Phelps Institute for Ornithological Studies

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Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year 2013 Since its creation in theWith a love for adventure as great as his lifelong fascination with butterflies, Americas best known lepidopterist set himself an irresistible challenge: how many of the 800 species of butterflies known in the United States could he track down in a single year?. Packing little more than a butterfly net and favorite binoculars in his well travelled 1982 Honda, Robert M. Pyle embarked on the first Butterfly Big Year a 365 day, 88,000 mile sprint to