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Bryan Pfeiffer

Field Biologist and Educator

Bryan Pfeiffer is a field biologist, writer and part-time lecturer at the University of Vermont.

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Numerous preserved woodpecker specimens arranged in rows on a light background. Many have red and black plumage.

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The environment

Ghosts and tiny treasures

We are quick to condemn a hunter posing with his prey, but all too slow to cultivate a chronic passion for wild things

Bryan Pfeiffer

A snowy owl with yellow eyes perched on a log in a dimly lit natural setting.

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Biology

The snowy owl

This winter has seen an irruption of snowy owls in the US. What does it mean to see Arctic birds so far from home?

Bryan Pfeiffer