Field Notes

What appears to be a white whisker, on the face of this squirrel, first named White Whisker, is actually an...

2018 Bluebird Wrap-Up And it came to pass that it was time for the annual, post-Christmas cavity nesters report. And...

Gypsy moths are in town. If you have valuable or ornamental oaks in your yard that you want to protect,...

Look up. Just east of Rt. 92/28 in Arbovale there is a pine patch – just a few acres –...

The Naked Ladies and coneflowers are dominating the late summer flower gardens now, while the regal purple of the Ironweed...

Potpourri Lots to talk about in the natural world this week, so let’s take a quick look-see at the world...

Last week the rains finally arrived. The Observatory recorded more than three inches over the last six days which will...

While the mild and fair conditions of March were much appreciated, it was also terribly misleading. Now hopes of an...

The weather was unusually warm and dry last week promising to jump start us into springtime. A little bit of...

This juvenile female sapsucker has been an unusual visitor to Dave Curry’s Arbovale feeder this winter.  These birds usually winter...

Bear season for 2015 is over and West Virginia hunters had another banner year, harvesting a record 3,195 bears. That...

The abnormally warm weather of December broke records for mildness and confused Mother Nature into an early show of spring....

MUFFIN AND WAFFLES, above, take a January stroll with Joel Rosenthal, owner of Point of View Farm at Beard. The cubs and...

As 2015 comes to a close, it seems appropriate to tie up some loose ends before proceeding into the New...

The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources has released preliminary numbers on the recently completed Gun Buck Season, and it...

For all of you early risers out there, you may have taken notice of a pile of bright stars in...

Fall webworms can be found on more than 90 species of trees and shrubbery, but in Pocahontas County they seem...

After starting out humid and rainy and finishing dry and not all that hot, the “Dog Days” of summer are...

Defoliation can be seen from the Wesley Chapel area near Dunmore. Dave Curry photos The summer solstice has come and...

These Grove snails were found in Dave Curry’s garden in Green Bank. The snails, indigenous to Western Europe, are known...