Field Notes
What appears to be a white whisker, on the face of this squirrel, first named White Whisker, is actually an...
Read moreDetailsWhat appears to be a white whisker, on the face of this squirrel, first named White Whisker, is actually an...
Read moreDetails2018 Bluebird Wrap-Up And it came to pass that it was time for the annual, post-Christmas cavity nesters report. And...
Read moreDetailsGypsy moths are in town. If you have valuable or ornamental oaks in your yard that you want to protect,...
Read moreDetailsLook up. Just east of Rt. 92/28 in Arbovale there is a pine patch – just a few acres –...
Read moreDetailsThe Naked Ladies and coneflowers are dominating the late summer flower gardens now, while the regal purple of the Ironweed...
Read moreDetailsPotpourri Lots to talk about in the natural world this week, so let’s take a quick look-see at the world...
Read moreDetailsLast week the rains finally arrived. The Observatory recorded more than three inches over the last six days which will...
Read moreDetailsWhile the mild and fair conditions of March were much appreciated, it was also terribly misleading. Now hopes of an...
Read moreDetailsThe weather was unusually warm and dry last week promising to jump start us into springtime. A little bit of...
Read moreDetailsThis juvenile female sapsucker has been an unusual visitor to Dave Curry’s Arbovale feeder this winter. These birds usually winter...
Read moreDetailsBear season for 2015 is over and West Virginia hunters had another banner year, harvesting a record 3,195 bears. That...
Read moreDetailsThe abnormally warm weather of December broke records for mildness and confused Mother Nature into an early show of spring....
Read moreDetailsMUFFIN AND WAFFLES, above, take a January stroll with Joel Rosenthal, owner of Point of View Farm at Beard. The cubs and...
Read moreDetailsAs 2015 comes to a close, it seems appropriate to tie up some loose ends before proceeding into the New...
Read moreDetailsThe West Virginia Department of Natural Resources has released preliminary numbers on the recently completed Gun Buck Season, and it...
Read moreDetailsFor all of you early risers out there, you may have taken notice of a pile of bright stars in...
Read moreDetailsFall webworms can be found on more than 90 species of trees and shrubbery, but in Pocahontas County they seem...
Read moreDetailsAfter starting out humid and rainy and finishing dry and not all that hot, the “Dog Days” of summer are...
Read moreDetailsDefoliation can be seen from the Wesley Chapel area near Dunmore. Dave Curry photos The summer solstice has come and...
Read moreDetailsThese Grove snails were found in Dave Curry’s garden in Green Bank. The snails, indigenous to Western Europe, are known...
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