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Beautiful Wood Nymph (aka Bird Poop Moth) Looking an awful lot like a splat of bird poop, I saw one of these strange moths at Jefferson Memorial Forest last week. I typed “bird poop moth” into Google and, sure enough, there it was. More appropriately named the Beautiful Wood Nymph (Eudryas grata). [...] We had Friday and Saturday night Valentine’s hikes at work, so I’ve been trudging through the snow and cold enough to satisfy my limited tastes for winter hiking. Last night, in fact, after coming into work at 7 a.m. and finishing at 11:15 p.m., I discovered that I’d lost one of our $2,000 radios. [...] Hiking at Jefferson Memorial Forest a couple of weeks ago, we found scores of spherical, seed-like objects under the oak trees on the Orange Trail. They covered the ground as thick as a good crop of acorns. At first, we thought they were seeds, but then surmised they were galls. Oak galls, [...] Other than to mow the lawn, I didn’t get out this past weekend. The ticks are still hungry at work, however, so I figured a few words about these pests might be interesting. Ticks are not insects; they are in the same class as spiders: Arachnida. If you care to look closely [...] In all the excitement of last weekend’s kayaking adventure on Floyds Fork, I forgot to mention two interesting animal sighting: the American Mink and Black-crowned Night Heron. Mustela vison, the American Mink, is considered common in Kentucky. Downstream of Shelbyville Road, we saw one swim across the Fork, then bound along a log on the [...] While cleaning up storm debris two days ago, I heard a faint yet distinctive throaty rattling from somewhere high in the sky. It was Greater Sandhill Cranes on their spring migration. Spring migration? Yes, I know it seems early, but February is when they usually appear over Kentucky. My guess is we’ll see more and [...] |
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