by don | May 9, 2011
I spoke with Blair Ogburn, senior naturalist at Balsam Mountain Trust, the other day and she related a perplexing incident. She said she was leading a group on a nature hike when she heard a blue-winged warbler. Now, blue-winged warblers have a really distinctive...
by don | May 9, 2011
I believe all of my feathered friends that nest and raise families in my yard and in the woods surrounding my yard are once again setting up housekeeping. That includes the year round residents like downy woodpecker, red-bellied woodpecker, pileated woodpecker,...
by don | Apr 21, 2011
Pilgrims from across the country and around the globe are on the move. They are headed to the Mecca of biodiversity – the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to join in celebrating the 61st Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage, April 26 – May 1. The Great Smoky...
by don | Apr 16, 2011
I wrote, a few weeks back, about my girls’ and my kayak adventure to Sister Island (The Naturalist’s Corner Mar. 16, 2011) on a recent trip to Isle of Palms. Well the kayak trip was only the beginning of an even deeper more visceral immersion into the primordial ooze...
by don | Apr 7, 2011
The planets must have been in alignment when Buddy Young, director of residential services at Lake Junaluska and Candace Stimson, Low Impact Development (LID) student at Haywood Community College became acquainted. Stimson and her LID 112 class began working with Lake...
by don | Mar 31, 2011
Through some kind of mix up in the mail, I received a nomination from Wild South’s Roosevelt-Ashe Society for “Outstanding Journalist in Conservation” and an invitation to their 2011 “Green Tie Gala” held last Friday night (March 25) in Asheville. I knew there was a...
