by don | Dec 14, 2010
A spin around Lake Junaluska the other day (12/2) turned up another unusual winter visitor plus highlighted the foibles and frustrations sometimes associated with birding. I had finished a quick check of the new wetlands and was headed back to my truck when I noticed...
by don | Dec 4, 2010
A goose I first thought to be a Ross’s goose because of its small stature seems to fit better (because of head and bill pattern) as a lesser snow goose. This bird is hanging with a bunch of domestic greylags – behemoths, which made it look so diminutive...
by don | Dec 2, 2010
I mean, where would you hang a tire swing if there were no trees? How could you lay back and watch the sky rock back and forth filling the jigsaw spaces between the leaves with ever-changing bits of sky and cloud? Or, how could you reach that cool deep hole in the...
by don | Nov 27, 2010
The answer is, in the case of the federally endangered Carolina northern flying squirrel, a resounding yes. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission with the aid of North Carolina Department of Transportation, Duke Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and...
by don | Nov 23, 2010
Face it – we’re all getting a little soft. I mean, how are your survival skills? There may be a few of us in this society that could still live off the land if the need arose. But for most of us, take away the grocery store and we would starve. Look at our...
