Why we do it
“You’re getting up when?” “You’re going out in this weather?” People who have a passion for the outdoors and revel in the beauty and the subtle and not so subtle intricacies of nature are accustomed to these questions and their accompanying incredulous stares. The...
Earth Day – hope vs. optimism
Lordy, lordy look who’s 40 – Earth Day and the EPA. Officially created and established in 1970, Earth Day was the spirit and philosophy that was going to take us to Nirvana; was going to create that idyllic symbiotic lifestyle of social and environmental justice where...
Spring’s a buzzin
Mom was a little concerned the other day as she helped Izzy find a butterfly net to catch white-headed “bumblebees.” Izzy was back in a couple of minutes with a roaring buzz emanating from her closed, cupped hands. She deposited her captured quarry into her butterfly...
Pug catcher
Now there were two mysteries. What was this little moth engulfing our home and enticing screech owls and how common was this fly-catching behavior?
Scientist-science
Paige Barlow is a University of Georgia PhD candidate working out of the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Otto, Nc. Barlow is researching the effects of land use on different species of birds in Macon County.
Invited for Tea
I opened the door around 7 a.m. last Saturday and spring hit me square in the face. Actually a cold misty breeze hit me square in the face but I got an earful of spring. “Drink your tea – ea-ea-ea-ea!” wailed an eastern towhee from the brambles at the edge of my yard....