By Linda Martinson

For almost 40 years we lived in a wonderful old neighborhood in Atlanta. It was a small, hilly, self-contained neighborhood with twisty roads, small houses, big trees, overgrown alleys, sidewalks, and pocket parks near the venerable Bobby Jones golf course. And it had critters: squirrels and rabbits of course, foxes, badgers, skunks, coyotes, and a black bear once spotted there. One early morning on my way to meet my running chums, I saw two coyotes cavorting on the golf course. And occasionally I saw owls, usually great horned owls that are often active at dusk and dawn.

by Linda Martinson

National Moth Week is July 17-25 this year, and it is the tenth year of celebrating moths with a worldwide citizen science project. National Moth Week was founded in the United States in 2012 by the Friends of the East Brunswick Environmental Commission, a non-profit organization in New Jersey. In all 50 U.S. states and in 80+ countries worldwide, scientists and other enthusiasts survey moths during the week, mostly at night, to study and record their populations. And National Moth Week is also a celebration of the amazing biodiversity of moths and their ecological importance.