Web Extras
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Bruce Ingram
March’s Wild Edible: Lamb’s Quarter
Rising up through the soil this month is one of the most fascinating plants in the Blue Ridge Mountains…the lamb’s quarter.
Mar 6, 2025
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Keith Watson
Birds of the Blue Ridge: Mallard
This dabbling duck, like other bird species, loses its feathers (molts) once per year and becomes flightless during that time.
Feb 25, 2025
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Mike Blevins
Birds of the Blue Ridge: White-breasted Nuthatch
This “pointy” little bird announces itself with a distinctive nasal “honk.”
Feb 13, 2025
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Keith Watson
Birds of the Blue Ridge: Common Merganser
Elegant, streamlined Common Mergansers gather on the freshwaters of the Blue Ridge during winter.
Mar 13, 2025
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Joe Cook and Monica Sheppard
March's Mountain Wildflower: Bloodroot
One of the pleasures of a late winter/early spring walk in the woods is spying the tightly-wound green leaf of a bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis) plant pushing its way through the frost-encrusted soil.
Mar 11, 2025
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20th Year of the Hiking Oddity: A Few New Spots and Lots of Family Along*
Most of our every-weekend hikes were local to our home in Roanoke, Virginia, and repeats of ones we’ve done many times, but there were a few new things along the way.
Jan 13, 2025
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Bruce Ingram
February’s Wild Edible: Wild Asparagus
Sometime this month or in early March in these mountains, the wild asparagus will begin to emerge from the soil in such nondescript places as ditches, roadsides and uncultivated fields.
Feb 5, 2025
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Bruce Ingram
January’s Wild Edible: Cattails
Cattails are native plants throughout the Blue Ridge.
Jan 3, 2025
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Keith Watson
Birds of the Blue Ridge: Common Merganser
Elegant, streamlined Common Mergansers gather on the freshwaters of the Blue Ridge during winter.
Mar 13, 2025
Joe Cook and Monica Sheppard
March's Mountain Wildflower: Bloodroot
One of the pleasures of a late winter/early spring walk in the woods is spying the tightly-wound green leaf of a bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis) plant pushing its way through the frost-encrusted soil.
Mar 11, 2025
Bruce Ingram
March’s Wild Edible: Lamb’s Quarter
Rising up through the soil this month is one of the most fascinating plants in the Blue Ridge Mountains…the lamb’s quarter.
Mar 6, 2025
Keith Watson
Birds of the Blue Ridge: Mallard
This dabbling duck, like other bird species, loses its feathers (molts) once per year and becomes flightless during that time.
Feb 25, 2025
Mike Blevins
Birds of the Blue Ridge: White-breasted Nuthatch
This “pointy” little bird announces itself with a distinctive nasal “honk.”
Feb 13, 2025
Bruce Ingram
February’s Wild Edible: Wild Asparagus
Sometime this month or in early March in these mountains, the wild asparagus will begin to emerge from the soil in such nondescript places as ditches, roadsides and uncultivated fields.
Feb 5, 2025
20th Year of the Hiking Oddity: A Few New Spots and Lots of Family Along*
Most of our every-weekend hikes were local to our home in Roanoke, Virginia, and repeats of ones we’ve done many times, but there were a few new things along the way.
Jan 13, 2025
Bruce Ingram
January’s Wild Edible: Cattails
Cattails are native plants throughout the Blue Ridge.
Jan 3, 2025
Mike Blevins
Birds of the Blue Ridge: Eastern Towhee
The Eastern Towhee is a bird of the undergrowth.
Dec 9, 2024
Bruce Ingram
December's Blue Ridge Mountain Apple Profile: The Old Fashion Winesap
One of the truly great heritage Blue Ridge apples is the Old Fashion Winesap, often called simply Winesap.
Dec 6, 2024
Mike Blevins
Birds of the Blue Ridge: Red-headed Woodpecker
The handsome Red-headed Woodpecker is often the “spark” species for igniting interest in birding.
Dec 5, 2024
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