The cool weather and quiet Sunday afternoon afforded me the opportunity for some exploring at Young Conservation Area. I have visited this area many times over the years, and rarely leave disappointed. Today was no different. Young Conservation Area is located in Jefferson County, only minutes from Eureka. The area is home to a few…
September 1st means it is dove hunting season, and for some reason I was really excited for it to roll around this season. Maybe it was because the season opener fell on a Saturday and I knew that the boys and I would be able to go without much trouble. Maybe it was because we…
I have to admit I had a tremendous amount of anticipation leading up to my end of the month memory card retrieval from the game cameras. We have just had a fairly consistent stream of images from the same deer all year, and I was hoping that the good luck would continue. I also had…
I had high hopes for August being a decent birding month, perhaps getting an early start on fall shorebird migration as I am still missing a tremendous number of ‘easy’ shorebirds on my year list. The few times I searched I found poor habitat and thus hardly any shorebirds. Thus my list did not grow…
