How often have you been driving down the road and looked out the window and caught a glimpse of a big bird flying by, or you caught sight of a large bird perched in a tree? My first thought is whether that sighting was of a bald eagle; if not, what was it? A couple
The “winter rabbit” I’m referring to in this article is actually the varying hare, or more often called a snowshoe rabbit. While closely related, the snowshoe is not a true rabbit since its digestive tract is different from the cottontails, and newborn hares are fairly well developed compared to the newborn hairless and blind cottontail
Like many hunters or people just interested in seeing wildlife, I’m always on the lookout as I travel from place to place. This past weekend, my wife and I had to make daily trips to Bloomsburg to attend the Early Bird Show at the fairgrounds. We traveled the backcountry roads each morning and evening; my
Well, this has certainly been a winter more like those years ago when it stayed cold, and we seemed to have plenty of snow. Except for that brief period of warmer, rainy weather earlier this winter, it has been a lot more like the cold, snowy winters of years past. The good news is that
Where do snakes go in the winter? No doubt that’s a question that’s been very heavy on people’s minds lately. OK, so it hasn’t been something you have given a lot of thought to lately, but what brought it to my mind was when someone told me that during that brief warm, rainy spell we
The opening of our trout season is still over a couple of months away. In the meantime, the Fish and Boat Commission has been looking into some changes regarding trout that an angler can keep. At present, our trout season opens on April 4th and goes until September 7th. During that period, an angler may
