Ten Cool Things about Snakes
Snakes, like spiders and bats are not the cute and cuddly animals that everyone loves. Somehow our society has made these creatures out to be something scary and bad and many
Can you Spread the Poison Ivy Rash?
I recently had some family in town visiting for a week and spent many hours down by the pond in our front yard. In several places there is some poison
If you love animals, Please don’t do this!
Last week I spent some time up at Roan Mountain photographing the flame azaleas and the catawaba rhodenderon. In the parking lot before the hike up to the Bald, a
Afraid of Snakes? Read this…
Growing up with parents who enjoyed the outdoors and four brothers, I spent the majority of my free time as a child outside. My brothers and I wandered freely the
Is a Daddy Long Legs a Spider?
If you’ve ever spent any time at all out in the woods, you most likely have seen a daddy long legs. You may have watched it run past, all of
Will Mama Bird Abandon the Nest if you Touch it?
It seems to be widely believed that if you touch a bird’s nest, an egg or the baby bird itself, that the mother will then abandon it. This is just
Does Touching a Toad Give you Warts?
I’m not sure where the idea began that touching a toad could give you warts, but like many of the things we think we know about nature, it is just