Tag: wildlife
This weeks blog post is written by Freya, especially for Halloween! Read on…if you dare! Not Very Sleepy Hollows “There is a tree that’s standing still though it is dead, it has its fill of things that hoot and crawl and creep at night, when you are fast asleep. Inside the burnt out hole is …
This blog post is written by one of our Monthly Youth Blog Correspondents, Freya, an alumni of our Bucktails and Ursids field schools. She writes about her search for the black bear in Itasca State Park, Minnesota. She also included some of her original artwork – very impressive! Unlike some of you lucky folks, I …
This post is by Makayla, a Bucktails alumni, who writes about her unique experience hunting for elk sheds. Definitely an activity you should try if you have the chance! This title may cause you to infer that I am going to talk about archery hunting. Think again! I love getting outdoors and hunting for …
This post is brought to us by Gabriel, an Ursids alumni – he writes about an exotic animal he had a chance to see and photograph. The Nile Hippo, H. a. amphibius, is native to, you guessed it, the Nile River, stretching to Tanzania and Mozambique. Hippopotamus derives from Greek, hippos– meaning horse and potamos– …
Written by Rachel S., a Bucktails and Ursids graduate and ATL, this blog describes her close encounter with a black bear while out enjoying the “berry” delicious offerings her black berry patch had available that day! Fresh black berries make for a tasty and refreshing summer snack. It seems, though, that I wasn’t the only …
Tag: wildlife
Not Very Sleepy Hollows
Posted: October 27, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
This weeks blog post is written by Freya, especially for Halloween! Read on…if you dare! Not Very Sleepy Hollows “There is a tree that’s standing still though it is dead, it has its fill of things that hoot and crawl and creep at night, when you are fast asleep. Inside the burnt out hole is …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: Bucktails, inspiration, journaling, outdoors, Pennsylvania, photography, reports from the field, Ursids, wildlife, youth
Searching for the Black Bears of Itasca
Posted: October 6, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
This blog post is written by one of our Monthly Youth Blog Correspondents, Freya, an alumni of our Bucktails and Ursids field schools. She writes about her search for the black bear in Itasca State Park, Minnesota. She also included some of her original artwork – very impressive! Unlike some of you lucky folks, I …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: artwork, Bucktails, creative arts, journaling, PA state parks, reports from the field, Ursids, wildlife
Hunting Without A Gun
Posted: September 22, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
This post is by Makayla, a Bucktails alumni, who writes about her unique experience hunting for elk sheds. Definitely an activity you should try if you have the chance! This title may cause you to infer that I am going to talk about archery hunting. Think again! I love getting outdoors and hunting for …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: animal tracks, Bucktails, elk, outdoors, reports from the field, wildlife, youth
The Nile Hippo
Posted: September 14, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
This post is brought to us by Gabriel, an Ursids alumni – he writes about an exotic animal he had a chance to see and photograph. The Nile Hippo, H. a. amphibius, is native to, you guessed it, the Nile River, stretching to Tanzania and Mozambique. Hippopotamus derives from Greek, hippos– meaning horse and potamos– …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: exotic animals, journaling, Ursids, wildlife, youth
Encounters with Black “Bearies”
Posted: September 2, 2015 by Katie Cassidy
Written by Rachel S., a Bucktails and Ursids graduate and ATL, this blog describes her close encounter with a black bear while out enjoying the “berry” delicious offerings her black berry patch had available that day! Fresh black berries make for a tasty and refreshing summer snack. It seems, though, that I wasn’t the only …
Category: Youth Blog Tags: biologists, journaling, reports from the field, wildlife