It starts in February. Your mailbox gets one. Then two, sometimes more. I’m talking about seed catalogs, gardening and plant magazines, and that’s when the dreaming begins. During some of […]
North Carolina Wildlife Enforcement Officer Mark Ray and Wildlife Biologist Justin McVey are the go-to wild animal experts in our region. They offer the following information as part of their […]
Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata) is a rare perennial herb, the only known species in its genus. Blooming in March to May, its fragrant flowers are pink and occur in a […]
The Golden-winged Warbler is a North Carolina Priority Species (nc.audubon.org/golden-winged-warbler) and topic of WCU graduate student Jamie Harrelson’s masters thesis, to which the Highlands Plateau Audubon Society and Highlands Biological […]
Here are some tips for hybrids. We all have them, but we all don’t understand how they were meant to be hit. To make it simple, just hit them like […]
One of the first signs of spring is the beautiful For Cynthia bush. What? You’ve never heard of For Cynthia? Don’t worry, not many other people have either. It’s not […]
We hope you enjoyed participating in the Readers’ Poll for last month. The question we posed was, “Which was your Favorite Moderate Hike?” Choices were Whiteside Mountain, Bartram Trail/ Whiterock […]
Thamnophis sirtalis. Garter snakes come in a wide variety of colors and patterns. They may be blue, brown, green or red, with black or dark brown spots and/or stripes. These […]
The Cerulean Warbler nests in mature deciduous forests in the northeastern quadrant of the country, but mainly to the north and west of North Carolina. It does migrate through the […]
According to the old Farmer’s Almanac, in 2015 the vernal equinox (which is also called the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere) falls on March 20 at 6:45 P.M. As […]
