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Community Outdoor calendar for week of July 16

RIDER PARK BLUEBIRD TRAIL WHERE: Rider Park WHEN: See lycomingaudubon.com for details as date and time are subject to change NOTES: Explore the Lycoming Audubon Bluebird Trail while monitoring nest boxes. You’ll be able to learn about the bluebirds, their calls, nests, habitat and how they raise their young. Please email Bruce Buckle at bcbuckle60@gmail.com beforehand to confirm as the monitoring schedule is subject to change. The program is free and open to the public. SUMMER WILDFLOWERS OF LITTLE PINE WHERE: Little Pine State Park WHEN: Friday, July 19 at 8 ...

Reflections in Nature: No difference between color of chicken eggs

Several weeks ago, I went grocery shopping with Mary Alice. I watched as she selected a carton of eggs and I was surprised at the cost range of a dozen eggs. One carton of a dozen free roaming chicken eggs was priced at $6.12. I read on the carton that these chickens had 108 square feet per hen to roam about. There were also brown eggs from free roaming chickens priced at $4.75 a dozen, however there was no information on the carton as to the area allowed for these chickens to roam. The price for regular white eggs from pen-raised chickens was $2.50. I asked Mary Alice if the ...

Preparing for the future: DCNR seeks applicants for NextGen advisory council

HARRISBURG — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the department is seeking applicants for its NextGen Advisory Council​. The Council strives to have members with a broad range of cultures, experiences, and perspectives to inform the agency’s work and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Council members will aid in creating lasting change and necessary conditions to ensure all Pennsylvanians -- especially the next generation -- can connect to public lands, natural resources, recreation, and conservation. “The ...

Success outdoors measured in mindful immersion

As Michael Kinney and his girlfriend, Missy, bedded down after a storm two nights before the final leg of their epic 24-day, 228-mile kayaking/canoeing West Branch Adventure, they shared a unique experience. “We slept in a mass hoard of hellgrammites. They were everywhere, crawling on us, ...

Reflections in Nature: Dog days of summer won’t last for too long

Lately, the temperatures have registered in the high 80s and even low 90s. On TV, I heard that some areas have had two heat waves, which meant that the temperature reached 90 degrees for three days in a row. Our hottest days usually do not occur until the end of July and extend through August. During this period, the hot and dry days are known as the dog days of summer. The Egyptians believed that the heat of July and August occurred because of Sirius, the dog star. When Sirius rose with the sun, the people experienced scorching heat, which they believed brought forth fever in men ...