Peregrines have much better year in 2010

Peregrines have much better year in 2010

According to a recent report from North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Mountain Wildlife Diversity Biologist, Chris Kelly, seven of 12 nesting pairs of peregrine falcons across the mountains of North Carolina successfully fledged chicks. Last year only three...
Foggy fall morning at Lake J

Foggy fall morning at Lake J

I decided to get out and get a breath of autumn air this morning (Sat. Oct. 2) by taking a quick tour around Lake Junaluska. It was pretty fresh and there was a little white sheen to some of the rooftops along U.S. 23/74. By the time I reached the Junaluska golf...
North Carolina’s loss – Louisiana’s gain

North Carolina’s loss – Louisiana’s gain

Chris Canfield has stepped down as Executive Director of Audubon North Carolina to assume the position of Vice President, Gulf of Mexico Conservation and Restoration. Canfield took the helm at Audubon North Carolina in 2000 and during his 10-year tenure the...
Panther Top fire tower

Panther Top fire tower

My family spent a wonderful sunny Sunday afternoon, this week, in the Tusquitee Ranger District of the Nantahala National Forest just west of Murphy. Our first stop was the Panther Top Lookout tower on Forest Service  Road 85. The 30-foot high former live-in tower was...
The Good, The Bad and The Deadly

The Good, The Bad and The Deadly

The Good, The Bad and The Deadly is one of five classes that will be offered by the Asheville Mushroom Club (AMC) during its annual FungiFest, which will be held September 18 at the North Carolina Arboretum. The daylong event will include displays, classes and...
Fall migration is heating up

Fall migration is heating up

It looks like last week’s long-billed curlew was a harbinger of things to come. A quick perusal of the Carolinas Birding List at http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CARO.html#1283714291 showed fall migrants popping up all across the Carolinas. I guess as far as...