SUN 01 APR 2007 Weaver's Bend, French Broad River, Cocke Co., TN D. Holt & D. Draper We found a few wildflowers, birds, butterflies, etc., despite cloudy...
WED 04 APR 2007 Clyde Austin 4-H Center, Greene Co., TN D. Holt After about a week of only seeing an occasional Common Green Darner, I finally spotted a few...
I visited the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park in Meigs County, TN on April 6, 2007. The area contains an overlook looking over Chickamauga Reservoir in a ...
I was at the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park in Meigs County, TN above Chickamauga Reservoir today (April 17, 2007). I spent about 40 minutes at the park from...
Allan, Thanks for the reports from the Cherokee Removal Memorial. That's truly an impressive number of Juniper Hairstreaks!! I'm disappointed I hadn't thought...
Ellen Parker is looking for good quality digital pictures she can use for posters at Steele Creek Park. She mostly needs salamanders, trees and fish. Most any...
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I saw a Luna Moth on Monday, April 16. The wings looked a little battered, but otherwise ok. Is it a little early for these moths to be emerging, or are they...
... Received this from another group and thought I would post here. Regards, Mike Poe ...  Received this from another group and thought I would post here....
Denton Valley Rd. Sullivan Co., TN 10 May 2007 The bed of Yellow Lady's Slippers (Cypripedium parviflorum) several of us found last May 17 are blooming again...
We are hoping to get to take a weekend trip to Mt. Rogers/Grayson Highlands the weekend of June 9th. Hoping to do some orchid hunting while there. When is...
THURSDAY 17 MAY 2007 Clyde Austin 4-H Center, Greene Co., Tennessee Today I observed a male Cherokee Clubtail at the edge of a woodlot at the 4-H Center. I...
My husband and I went to the Smokies on Mother's Day to photograph a couple of Puttyroot plants I had seen in bud 2 weeks earlier. When we stopped at the spot...
Kris, While it is, of course, unlikely that the lowlife who did this will be caught, did you report it to the park? I'd recommend calling Janet Rock, who is...
Hi Charlie, You know how it is, you can never find a ranger when you need one! How would I contact Janet or Kent? It is too late now, I realize, but at least I...
Part of the value of contacting a ranger even when you know that you'll never get the perp is that they can add it to the report. GRSMNP is terribly...
I agree. What you're saying is true. However, there is at least one instance when the rangers available need to priortize a little better. I cared for a lady...
I worked this weekend and was pretty tired. I got a couple hours sleep yesterday and got up to enjoy a day off with my spouse. We were limited on time and...
I was exploring a cypress swamp associated with the West Fork Obion River near Paris, TN in Hill County, TN. Adjacent to the forested swamp was an emergent...
Bristol Birders, Michelle, Chazzy and I have been busy the past couple of days exploring the mountains of Southwest Virginia. Yesterday, we spent the day...
Hey folks, I have a new photo album on the yahoogroup website titled "Don Holt (et al)". It contains a few recent photos, with help from a few folks like...
Here are insect species lists for the visit that Dianne Draper and I made MON 28 MAY 2007 to Cutshaw Bog and Greene Mtn. Rd. in southern Greene Co., TN. ...
Hello fellow Butternuts, If there are any insect experts out there, I sure would appreciate your help on this one! Even if no one can help me with figuring out...
Hey folks,     The Elizabethton Bird Club had a field trip on May 22, 2007 to observe Whip-poor-wills on Rich Mtn. in Unicoi Co., TN.  Several...
Hey Dan, Those, or something quite similar, are in the Smokies. I've seen them at Tremont, Cades Cove, Elkmont and a couple other relatively low elevation...
What a nice surprise that must have been! I once led a improptu night hike at Tremont's Spring Naturalist Weekend (at the end of May) to a spot where I knew we...
Yesterday I spent the entire day from early morning until late evening at Alarka. I botanized my foolself to death. I came home with a pounding headache from...
Momma Raccoon made a timely visit to the brick wall on our terrace just behind the patio early Sunday. Her babies are really special. They are about 4 to 6...
Heard my first cicada of the year last night (12 June), a Tibicen (pruinosa) winnemanna. Later had at least 7 small bats flying over the yard for 20 min or...
A lone Black Bear cub, about the length and height of a Labrador Retriever dog, ran in front of my car in Shady Valley, Johnson Co., TN, today. It crossed the...