Benezette, Pennsylvania. There is perhaps nowhere else in the Commonwealth where hundreds of people are willing to get up before dawn and drive to remote locations for the possibility of seeing and hearing male elk bugle during the mating season. The Pennsylvania elk herd is primarily ...
Drones are not just toys anymore. A growing number of industries rely on drones for everything from photographing real estate to collecting content for videos. Some biologists even use drones to map and study wildlife. One Pennsylvania drone operator even offered his services to hunters ...
With Halloween just days away, ghosts, goblins, pumpkins and corn shocks have been appearing everywhere. Recently I have been seeing photos and hearing stories about people that have grown mammoth pumpkins. The word pumpkin comes from the Greek word pepon, which means large melon. Halloween means hallowed, or holy evening, because it comes the day before All Saints’ Day. Halloween is now celebrated with pranks, parties and customs that are more serious. When my brothers and I were growing up our favorite Halloween prank was to sneak up to a house and throw corn at the windows, hoping ...
WELLSBORO — The Shapiro Administration marked the completion of the Pine Creek Rail Trail Northern Extension in the Pennsylvania Wilds, connecting the Borough of Wellsboro to the 62-mile Pine Creek Rail Trail and closing the fifth Top 10 Trail Gap under Governor Josh Shapiro’s leadership. ...
I want to sing the praises of an intense kind of birding experience: having a patch. Your patch, in birding parlance, is a spot you visit regularly, not because you think you’re going to see anything particularly noteworthy, but because you’ve chosen it as a place you want to get ...
AUDUBON PROGRAM: WHAT IS THAT BIRD AT MY FEEDER (WITH JAMES V. BROWN LIBRARY) WHERE: James V. Brown Library’s Lowry Room WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 1 from 10:30 a.m. to noon NOTES: Get ready to welcome and learn about the winter birds that are likely to visit your feeders in the city. What are their names? What colors and patterns help us identify them? What do birds like to eat? You will learn to use binoculars and how to download the free Merlin bird identification app on your phone. This program is presented by experienced birders from the Lycoming County Audubon Chapter. ...
