Tag: Liam O’Brien
Skippers: Between Butterfly and Moth
When butterfly mania took hold of me, decades back, I thought I’d never crack the skippers’ code: the creatures are impish, and maddening to learn.
Meet a Butterfly Illustrator and His Three-Year Project to Paint the Gossamer Wings
Liam O'Brien went from Broadway actor to butterfly observer ... and then some.
Sex and the Single Butterfly
What most of us call "butterflies" are in fact just the fleeting last life stage of a creature with only one remaining purpose.
Place Shapes the Sonoran Blue, A Contender for Bay Area’s ‘Most Beautiful Butterfly’
The Sonoran Blue is, according to some experts, the most beautiful butterfly in the Bay Area. Alum Rock Park in San Jose is the best place to find them, and...
Is That Bright Red-Orange Butterfly Supposed To Be in the Bay Area?
A San Francisco reader wonders about the bright orange-red butterfly he recently spotted in his backyard.
Should I Plant Milkweed to Save the Monarchs?
The road to hell is paved with good intentions — or sometimes, with milkweed.
Ask the Naturalist: Best spots to photograph Bay Area butterflies?
Doesn't get much better for eye candy than a butterfly on a flower, right?
Nature Below Dolores Park, One Way or Another
A Dolores Park construction hole filled with water. Was this the clue to an unresolved mystery, and a window into a piece of San Francisco history?
First Person: Environmental Education Award Winner Liam O’Brien
The architect of urban butterfly habitat projects like Tigers on Market Street and the Green Hairstreak Corridor, and the restoration of Mission blues on Twin Peaks, Liam O’Brien is a...
