Top 10 Ways to Determine if Someone is a Thru-hiker
I was recently in Great Smoky Mountains National park and saw two young guys hitchhiking. Thinking about the wonderful people I met when I was thru-hiking, I stopped to offer
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Fireflies
Most of us probably have a general idea of what fireflies are and maybe some of us have even caught them as children–putting them in mason jars for a little
Ten Things You May Not Know About Honey Bees
Honey bees are really amazing little creatures that fascinate me with all of their cool adaptations. Most of us see them now and then but probably don’t pay them all
What’s Special About NA’s Largest Woodpecker?
If you’ve ever seen a Pileated Woodpecker, you know they are impressive. Nearly the size of a crow at 16-19 inches long, seeing or hearing one of these handsome birds
Ten Things You Didn’t Know about Red-shouldered Hawks
Last week’s Puzzler was the piercing call of the Red-shouldered Hawk, one of our most common North American raptors. This is a hawk whose call you may have heard as
10 Things You Didn’t know about Opossums
So this week’s Creature Feature… the Virginia Opossum: North America’s only marsupial (mammal with a pouch), the only mammal with opposable “thumbs” and the only N.A. mammal with a
Nature’s Master Engineer: 10 Things You Might Not Know about Beavers
Most people could probably recognize a beaver from a picture but I wonder how many have ever seen one in the wild. If you are a kayaker or have taken