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Published: May 11, 2024 at 08:39 AM
It started about the beginning of April.
I couldn’t keep the two vehicles in our driveway free of bird droppings. The four rear view mirrors and the rear window of my pickup were covered with white, ...
Published: May 04, 2024 at 09:16 PM
Spring weather arrives one day, and seems to leave the next.
But eventually as April arrives, the “days get longer” and the flowers, birds, and even the insects are everywhere.
About the time coltsfoo...
Published: Apr 27, 2024 at 08:56 AM
The nighttime hours of April 14 brought rain and a thunderstorm, but to me it also meant a frontal passage.
It seems, that just overnight, many new bird species arrived in our region.
I ventured to ...
Published: Apr 20, 2024 at 09:00 AM
“Hey Barry, you haven’t visited for a while so why don’t you make the drive out here and as a bonus, we can catch the solar eclipse.”
My sister Jamie and her husband live about 30 minutes north of Pit...
Published: Apr 13, 2024 at 09:00 AM
I enjoy following the live video feeds of three different bald eagle nests in Pennsylvania.
Last year the one nest contained two eggs and about five weeks into the incubation time I no longer saw an e...
Published: Mar 30, 2024 at 09:00 AM
After recently making a presentation to the Palmerton Camera Club, I was asked about the plumage of snow geese. While answering that question I referred to the changing plumage of our gulls.
Believe i...
Published: Mar 23, 2024 at 08:32 AM
The Canada goose is not one of my favorite birds. The resident population has exploded and they seem to be everywhere. I’m not sure they’ve taken over another bird’s niche so in that respect they, unl...
Published: Mar 16, 2024 at 09:08 AM
About 3 weeks ago, with some snow still lingering along the roadside shoulders, I saw my first amphibians of 2024. It was a rainy evening and I had a feeling that the warmer temperatures would prompt ...
Published: Mar 09, 2024 at 07:49 AM
With bluebird nesting box cleanup and placement time upon us, I thought I’d discuss them and the other cavity nesting birds. The Eastern Bluebird, and the Western and Mountain bluebirds in fact, are t...
Updated: Mar 02, 2024 at 07:28 PM
I was asked this question before and just last week, Joe, a reader from western Carbon County asked a question about ducks surviving the cold and I thought I could address this and a few other questio...