About Don Hendershot
Don Hendershot is a naturalist from Waynesville, NC.-
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The Rainbow to Nowhere?
Posted on February 7, 2013 | No CommentsWhat happens when you finally get to the end of the rainbow and there’s no gold in the pot? Perusing the Smoky Mountain News the other day, I ran across... -
Arrrggghh – a wintry mix
Posted on February 1, 2013 | No CommentsLimeade, tequila and cointreau is not a wintry mix – that is a margarita; something you may resort to when a wintry mix turns your driveway into a sheet of... -
I feel the earth move…
Posted on January 23, 2013 | 2 CommentsIt may not have shaken the Richter scale like the stampede of Republican lawmakers and their realtor and developer lobbyists in Raleigh back in 2011, clamoring to cut funding for... -
Up in flames?
Posted on January 19, 2013 | No CommentsI sit this morning being bathed in luxurious rain. The kind of life-affirming, life-giving rain the Smokies are noted for. A quick run to town watching the rain cascading down... -
Deserving of a closer look
Posted on January 9, 2013 | No CommentsOnly you can apply the brakes to slow down the Courthouse Timber Sale and get everyone to take a closer look. This sale – scheduled for nearly 500 acres in... -
Friends, feathers and fellowship
Posted on January 2, 2013 | No CommentsFriday December 28 was the date of the eleventh annual Balsam Christmas Bird Count (CBC) – 11 dates but 10 actual counts as the 2009 CBC was cancelled due to... -
When it’s good to be threatened
Posted on December 26, 2012 | No CommentsI wrote about wood storks, Mycteria americana, back in August of this year after a trip to Isle of Palms in South Carolina (www.smokymountainnews.com/archives/item/8361-stoked-for-storks). It was really cool to see... -
Re-introduce rudolph!
Posted on December 19, 2012 | No Comments(You may need your children to help you read this) The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a great wilderness of about a half-million square acres. It has been... -
The day the sun stood still
Posted on December 13, 2012 | No CommentsLadies and gentlemen return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts. Spaceship Earth will be screeching to a stop at 6:12 a.m. EST, December 21. After we’re stopped, feel free... -
Over the fiscal left – into the abyss
Posted on December 7, 2012 | No CommentsFirst Mate McConnell: “Cap’n the ship is headed straight for that iceberg and there’s no way we kin stop her in time!” Boehner: “Don’t worry mate. I have a...