Many years ago Mary Alice, our daughter Holly and I went to Belgium to meet our first grandchild. We spent a month with the family and toured several countries. While in Switzerland, we purchased a cuckoo clock made in Germany’s Black Forest. The hour was known by the number of cuckoos. A ...
As predators pike are opportunistic feeders, taking a bite at anything that presents itself. That being said, they do have a preferred diet. Furthermore, this diet varies throughout their life cycle and at different points in the season. Understanding what northern pike prefer to eat, and when it changes, will let you target them more successfully all year long, season after season. As mentioned before, the northern pike is a predator from the time it is born. However although an adult pike may attack and eat almost anything, younger fish are restricted by their own size and hunting ...
AUDUBON EVENT WHERE: Rose Valley Lake or Williamsport Water Authority WHEN: Saturday, April 11 at 8 a.m. NOTES: Watch the listserve and our website (https://www.lycomingaudubon.org/) for more details about this field trip and location. AUDUBON EVENT: ROBERT PORTER ALLEN NATURAL AREA WORK DAY WHERE: 1722 Sylvan Dell Road in South Williamsport WHEN: Sunday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. NOTES: Join fellow members of the community and students from local colleges and high schools to work on habitat restoration, invasive plant removal and other general efforts to keep RPANA ...
The Lycoming Creek Anglers Club celebrated its 50-year anniversary this past Wednesday. It was on April 1, 1976 when the club was founded with 45 members, through donations, $25 charter memberships and $2 regular membership. Taking the lead in organizing the Club was Al Boyer, owner of ...
The Department of Environmental Protection is still investigating issues related to a petroleum-based spill in the Clearfield area of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River that was initially reported on March 9. “A member of DEP’s Emergency Response Team was dispatched to the site ...
Last week Stan Strong of Canton stopped at our home to give me a dead chimney swift, which was in a mummified state. Strong told me that he found the bird lying on his cellar floor. He thought the bird had flown down the chimney and was unable to fly out. Since the bird was in a zip lock freezer bag, I decided to put it in our freezer until I could get in touch with our local game warden. I was heading down the cellar steps when I had a flashback to a day many years ago. Mary Alice was getting something from the freezer and left out a very loud scream. After the scream, I heard my ...
