About Don Hendershot
Don Hendershot is a naturalist from Waynesville, NC.-
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Naturalist’s Corner Archive
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A hangover of hoverers
Posted on June 10, 2013 | No CommentsAs we turn to bask in the full glow of the summer sun, mornings begin to heat up quickly and as they heat they become quieter. The Neotropical migrants that... -
A record-breaking weekend (part one)
Posted on May 19, 2013 | No CommentsWhat could be more fun than a weekend of fellowship and great birding? Maybe setting a new record for total number of species recorded during the annual Great Smoky Mountains... -
When it rains – the tough go hiking
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsWe’ve had a good run in the watershed. The Town of Waynesville has sponsored spring and fall guided hikes in its 8,000-plus acre watershed since 2007. The hikes provide a... -
Homecoming
Posted on May 4, 2013 | No CommentsThe blue-headed vireo sang to me of spring sometime around the first week of April. Blue-headeds are generally the last “non-resident” songbird we hear in the fall (sometimes into November)... -
Love was in the air
Posted on April 11, 2013 | No CommentsLove may be a little anthropogenic for toads but the eons old “urge to merge” was quite prevalent last Sunday (4/7) when we were at Oconee State Park. Oconee State... -
Green Oscars V
Posted on March 29, 2013 | No CommentsWild South held its Fifth Annual Green Gala, celebrating the 2012 Roosevelt-Ashe Society’s Conservation Award winners, last Friday March 22. Wild South is a regional nonprofit with offices in Asheville,... -
I have seen the light
Posted on March 20, 2013 | 1 CommentI have seen the light and I don’t like it. I have seen the light emanating from strip malls; from sports stadiums; from urban skylines; from cul-de-sacs; from factories; from... -
Louisiana lagniappe
Posted on March 9, 2013 | 2 CommentsI know, I know, we’ve been in Louisiana for two weeks now, but when I look back at some of the photos and think of our trip I see a... -
Loosiana part deaux
Posted on March 2, 2013 | No CommentsWhat better place to start part deaux than Breaux Bridge along Bayou Teche? Firmin Breaux originally purchased the area that is now Breaux Bridge in 1771, from New Orleans” businessman... -
GBBC at BBLNWR
Posted on March 2, 2013 | No CommentsTranslation — Great Backyard Bird Count at Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge; the tradition continues. Since a spur-of-the-moment GBBC at Black Bayou with my brother back in 2006, I...