Those wanting to learn more about the elusive barn owl with the heart-shaped face may want to attend Monday's meeting ot the Shawnee Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society, 7 p.m. at Carbondale Township Hall, 217 E. Main St.
I used to subscribe to "Outdoor Life" when I was kid. I would read about hunting and fishing in far-flung areas in the west and up in Alaska and would dream about one day being able to experience some of those adventures.
Whippoorwills and chuck-will's-widow are in the goatsucker family of birds more often heard than seen, and even more rarely seen actually sucking goats.
I've been hearing a lot about the state-endangered eastern woodrat. I found what I believed to be a midden of the woodrat -- a kind of packrat -- in our old abandoned cellar.
Join the River to River Trail Society on a hike from Beech Hollow Road to Sally Hollow Lake to Williams Hill -- highest spot in Southern Illinois.
For those who have been unable to get out to see the leaves of the Shawnee National Forest greened up here are a couple of digital photo albums shared by Larry Senalik on the Shawnee Forest Hikers Yahoo Group site. Senalik visited the woods last weekend and took photos at High Knob and Millstone Bluff. Hope you enjoy his photos as I did.
CAMP CADIZ -- The River to River Trail Society learned the frustration of cutting autumn olives on a trail work day from Camp Cadiz west toward Rock Creek Sunday.
Have you been wanting to get out in the woods to see wildflowers, but haven't had the chance?
ELIZABETHTOWN -- Julie Smith, editor of the Hardin County Independent newspaper in Elizabethtown sends this account of the rat snake that has been patroling around her building looking for mice. The snake as of yesterday had begun its third week around the building. Warmer weather this week will probably draw out more snakes.
WAR BLUFF -- The hike Saturday was invigorating, informative and sunny, until the medical emergency happened.
MAKANDA -- Several areas of Giant City Park are reopening today after damage from an F-2 tornado that struck the park Feb. 29.
The Shawnee Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society invites amphibian and reptile enthusiasts on an outing to Heron Pond Saturday.
With the rain on the way through the weekend, this would be a great day to get out and enjoy what may be the last day of red buds. There is also a chance to see and learn about three ancient stone walls with the River to River Trail Society.
At 9:30 a.m. Saturday Jim Kramer leads the River to River Trail Society to Hogg Bluff then across the road to Cedar Creek in Johnson County.
The River to River Trail Society invited everyone to join their first hike of the spring 10 a.m. Saturday meeting at the Ozark General Store on U.S. 45 near Ozark between New Burnside and Tunnel Hill for The Promised Land Hike.
The moon, Venus and Jupiter have put on quite a light show in the night sky the past few nights and the show apparently will get even better next month.
Friends and family erected a plaque in memory of Illinois Ozark explorer and journalist L.O. Trigg in July of 1950.
Kenneth Price of Equality brought a CD of photos from the estate of L.O. Trigg to the Daily Register office this morning.
Robert Hill of San Diego, Calif., and formerly of Harrisburg has learned of the recent local interest in L.O. Trigg, founder of the Eldorado Daily Journal and leader of the Ozark Tours across the Shawnee Hills. Hill joined the tours in 1940 as one of the Red Caps, boys who acted as bearers for the men's camping gear. Hill shared some of his anecdotes in an e-mail message Thursday.
MOUNTAIN TOWNSHIP -- Has anyone ever heard of daffodils in January? I have, now, since I saw two blooms on a daffodil clump in the backyard Monday.
