It used to be really unusual to see a wild turkey in Western North Carolina. More recently we are seeing them, sometimes even in town. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission started a restoration program in the 1950s. They trapped over 6,000 Eastern Wild Turkeys in areas where there were a lot and moved them to…
Read More
This is a white squirrel on the porch at Meadowbrook Log Cabin. Druid Hills has quite a few white squirrels now. There seem to be more every year. I first saw white squirrels when my grandparents moved to Maple Street in Brevard in the 1970s. I was surprised when I moved back to the area…
Read More
There are lots of places to get into Shining Rock Wilderness. At mile marker 420 turn onto FR-816. There are two parking areas. You can take the Art Loeb Trail or the Ivestor Gap Trail from here. The Art Loeb Trail travels through the Shining Rock Wilderness past Shining Rock, then up Cold Mountain. It…
Read More
This morning on Nature News Carlton Burke and Dan Lazar took us on a field trip to hear Brood VI of the 17 Year Periodical Cicada. Nature News is a local AM radio show that tells what is going on in nature locally. It comes on AM 1600 every Saturday at 7:00 AM. You can…
Read More
Every year Hendersonville, NC has public art around downtown. In the past, we’ve had goats and apples, but usually it is bears. The program benefits non-profits in the area. Different organizations sponsor each bear. The bears are painted and decorated. In mid-May the bears are revealed in the plaza in front of First Citizens Bank,…
Read More