Bald eagles are back, and midwinter is the best time to spot them in the Hudson Valley
Measuring 30 to 36 inches high and with a wingspan that extends from six to seven feet, “Eagles are definitely conspicuous,” said naturalist Mark DeDea.
Nature
Favorite numbers
Why does each cell in our body have 90 trillion atoms, roughly the same as the number of stars in our home galaxy cluster?
On the rocks: The Devil’s Tombstone
Make your way to Rte. 214 and head north until you reach Stony Clove Gap. That’s a very sizable boulder at the Devil’s Tombstone Campground in the eastern Catskills.
Pattern recognition: 2019 brings forth cycles of nature
In 2019, our region gets one fabulous total lunar eclipse – in just a few weeks, on January 20.
Woodstock Land Conservancy prepares to open new preserve to public
Neighbors purchased a parcel of land at the northeast base of Ohayo Mountain and donated it to the conservancy.
2019 will begin with an eye-catching celestial alignment
Tuesday, Jan. 1: Look in the direction of sunrise at 6:45 a.m. Face into the brightening dawn.
Get moving on Day One
Tuesday, Jan. 1: First Day Hikes are a growing New Year’s Day tradition.
2018 was good for some harvests, disastrous for others
Little damage was suffered by my blueberries, probably thanks to some experimental traps developed by Peter Jentsch of Cornell University.
The ice age at the Mountain Top Arboretum
The Mountain Top Arboretum, located just north of Tannersville, is home to a collection of mostly local and native tree species.
The worst time for clouds
On Saturday and Sunday nights, Dec. 15 and 16, Bob expects Comet Wirtanen to achieve naked-eye visibility – the first comet in years to do so.