Published January 4, 2016 New Beginnings. As a new year starts, thoughts turn to the promise of fresh beginnings. The ancient Black Mountains here in North Carolina are […]
Published June 13, 2015 Very friendly salamander This black-bellied salamander was remarkably tame as it perched on a rock in a cool mountain stream in the Smoky Mountains. This […]
Published July 27, 2015 Honeybee bouquet This honeybee is flying between blooms of an especially profuse flowering trumpet creeper vine. Invasive outside of its range, even here in […]
Published June 4, 2016 Deer Diner At just under a mile high, Hurricane Ridge experiences both the strong winds it is named for and the possibility of […]