Field Notes
As 2015 comes to a close, it seems appropriate to tie up some loose ends before proceeding into the New Year.
And now would be a good time to wrap up last summer’s birdhouse summary...
Field Notes
The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources has released preliminary numbers on the recently completed Gun Buck Season, and it appears that West Virginia hunters had a good year. A total of 66,374 antlered...
Field Notes
For all of you early risers out there, you may have taken notice of a pile of bright stars in the morning sky. They can be found above the eastern horizon just before...
Fall Webworms set up camp in county
Anybody noticed the huge number of tents in the Dunmore area?
No. We are not talking about a Boy Scout camp out. And no, it is not emigrants, or even Rainbow people.
These tents are unsightly...
Field Notes
After starting out humid and rainy and finishing dry and not all that hot, the “Dog Days” of summer are finally at an end. This annual astrological event is to be closely followed...
Field Notes
The summer solstice has come and gone, and already days are slowly beginning to get shorter. We are starting the long, slow descent through the dog days of summer into the pleasant,...
Field Notes
What do the following organisms have in common? Starlings, kudzu, multiflora rose, Asian Lady beetles, English sparrows, chestnut blight and gypsy moth.
Give up?
How about that none of these named critters is indigenous or native...
Field Notes
Spring has sprung. Frogs are calling, flowers are blooming and the grass is growing. Newborn livestock and wildlife will soon be appearing as the trees burst out into a new coat of...