Wood ducks are not your everyday waterfowl. For one thing, many hunters and birders consider the wood duck among North America鈥檚 most beautiful birds. The hen is plain but the drake displays a purple-green head, scarlet eye, chestnut breast, glossy yellow bill and a flamboyant white 鈥渃hoke ...
All things change over time, yet it鈥檚 hard to single out any one thing that has changed as much as hunting.Today, when hunters around here talk hunting, you can bet the subject is deer, turkeys or bear. Younger hunters have never known anything different. But when hunters of my vintage were ...
Here, deep in Pennsylvania鈥檚 southwest corner, we encounter the phrase 鈥渢hree rivers鈥� often. Of the three rivers referred to, we鈥檙e most familiar with the Monongahela. And if you鈥檝e ever flown out of Pittsburgh International, blessed with clear weather and a window seat, you gaped at ...
Yesterday was National Public Lands Day, an event that merits observation here in the Laurel Highlands. Our region鈥檚 appeal to outdoor recreationists can be attributed largely to our abundance and diversity of public lands.People choose to visit places where natural features are protected and ...
Good friends of ours live on an old farm on the flank of Mt. Davis, Pennsylvania鈥檚 highest point. They moved here from Lancaster County 25 years ago, drawn to the mountain landscape and the chance to live simply, interacting daily with the natural world.Gregarious folks, they invite us ...
Here, deep in Pennsylvania鈥檚 southwest corner, we encounter the phrase 鈥淭hree Rivers鈥� often. Of the three rivers referred to, we鈥檙e most familiar with the Monongahela. And if you鈥檝e ever flown out of Pittsburgh International, blessed with clear weather and a window seat, you gaped at ...
