A few months back my friend Rob Simbeck sent me a copy of his latest book “The Southern Wildlife Watcher: Notes of a Naturalist.” I just loved the book! Here’s a short blurb about it: “The Southern Wildlife Watcher” is a colorful look at thirty-six common and not-so-common animals found in the southeastern United States—from the hummingbird to the bald eagle and from the bullfrog to the bobcat. Rob Simbeck, one of the Southeast’s most widely read naturalists, combines a…
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Animals In Appalachia
Today’s guest post was written by J. Wayne Fears No one these days can appreciate an event that took place…
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