Category: Wildlife
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Spring’s Arrival Approaches with Sprouting Flora Throughout the Forest
There is so much to see as the Spring revives the still and slumbering earth in the Northeastern woods of Pennsylvania. The weather has been warming and the days are slowly getting longer. I have been out walking just about every day. I am going to continue to seek out emerging plants and figure out […]
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Migrating Snow Geese Flock to Middle Creek
The Snow Geese are arriving early this year! Today about 130,000 snow geese were recorded at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Kleinfeltersville, Lancaster County, PA. The temperature never rose above freezing but that didn’t stop people from arriving to the bird watching sites to witness the majesty up close.
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Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary and scientific research center dedicated to the conservation of birds of prey. It is the premier destination in the northeastern United States to view the annual hawk migration. It is the world’s largest member-supported raptor conservation organization and works as an international conservation training site. The sanctuary began […]
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Roosevelt Elk
Amid the Redwood forest of northern California there live seven herds of elk. The Roosevelt Elk (Cervis elapses roosevelti), the largest species of elk in North America. What is remarkable about these creatures is that they survived after much of their forest home was clear-cut by logging companies in the late 19th century. Luckily, the […]
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Fern Canyon
A place in the ancient forest as beautiful as the redwoods yet far less known, the Fern Canyon. I felt as if I was stepping back in time as I made my way from the Gold Bluff Beach into the canyon of ferns. The walls were so steep, I felt like a small character in […]
Often Wondering 