by don | Nov 20, 2010
A beautiful morning and Lake Junaluska was calling again. I approached the lake along Golf Course Road on the side that borders U.S. Hwy 19. A thick white mist was rising from the warm water into the crisp morning air and the coots were disappearing from the surface...
by don | Nov 12, 2010
Waterfalls abound on the Headwaters tract Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy is still hoping for a Christmas present from North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Most folk who follow conservation issues across the region are probably aware that CMLC and their...
by don | Nov 4, 2010
Last year around this time we talked about York University professor Bridget Stutchbury’s groundbreaking research with migrating purple martins and wood thrushes – see http://www.smokymountainnews.com/index.php/news/item/1383-the-naturalists-corner. Stutchbury, her...
by don | Oct 28, 2010
Autumn and /or spring in the Appalachians can turn your senses upside down. As the seasons change from warm to cool (autumn) or from cool to warm (spring) – before the atmosphere gets thoroughly mixed we often experience temperature inversion, where the cool, heavier...
by don | Oct 28, 2010
The clear night skies last week provided the perfect backdrop for this year’s Hunter’s Moon. The Hunter’s Moon is the first full moon after the Harvest Moon, which is the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox. This year’s harvest moon fell in September just six hours...
