Mark Nale
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Nature’s Ways: The Hearty Christmas Fern
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One of our most common fern species is the Christmas fern. While it never grows to the level of profusion of hay-scented fern, it does occur in all of Pennsylvania’s […]
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Nature’s Ways: The Striking Winterberry Holly
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Few autumn sights are more striking than the early morning sun illuminating the scarlet berries and golden foliage of winterberry holly. Almost everyone knows the American holly that is used […]
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Nature’s Ways: The Mourning Dove — Game Bird and Bird Feeder Visitor
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One of the 10 most common birds in the United States is the mourning dove. Its prolific breeding rate allows it to keep up with the harvest of millions of […]
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20 Years of Antler Restrictions Have Changed Deer Harvest
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It has been two decades since stricter antler restrictions were put in place across Pennsylvania. The results have been dramatic, but even so, there are still hunters who do not […]
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Nature’s Ways: The Cedar Waxwing — the Berry Eater
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The cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum, is one of the last Pennsylvania birds to begin nesting each year, but they nest slightly earlier than the goldfinch. As spring comes to a […]
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Fall Hunting Seasons Unfold in Pennsylvania
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Over the past few years, Pennsylvania’s hunters have experienced many changes in season start dates, lengths and regulations. Seasons and bag limits for the fall are usually discussed and voted […]
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Nature’s Ways: Butterfly Weed — An Orange Sentinel
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The rich orange flowers of butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) seem to call out “here I am” to any passerby. This attractive flower is blooming now. Butterfly weed is a big […]
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Nature’s Ways: The Long-Lived Wood Turtle
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The adult orange-legged turtle first entered my life during the spring of 2008, when it showed up at our newly built koi pond. After several visits, I noticed that it […]
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Nature’s Ways: The Killdeer — an Inland Representative of a Common Shorebird Family
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One of our noisiest birds is the killdeer (Charadris vociferus). If you are unfamiliar with this inland version of the “shorebird” plover family, listen carefully, for an excited killdeer repeats […]
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It’s Trout Time: Lines Cast Statewide on Saturday Morning
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The opening day of Pennsylvania’s trout season is this weekend. Yes, you read correctly — fishing for stocked trout begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday. Pre-season trout stocking is complete […]