Waking up on top of a mountain as the horizon turns orange with nothing blocking the view is an amazing sight--especially from the comfort of a bed within four walls.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Spit bugs, spittlebugs, froghoppers. They’re all the same insect that produces the globs of spit-like froth on the stems of grasses, flowers and shrubs this time of year.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
Thanksgiving brings turkeys into the spotlight which usually is detrimental to them. So here are 25 turkey tidbits to ponder while your turkey is cooking in the oven.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
In the spring, I’m always listening for the first robin to sing and the first frog to ribbit. But in the fall, I never know if an insect song or frog croak will be the last I hear until spring.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Plink, plink, plink, plop. Plink, plink, plink, plop. The sound of a busy squirrel harvesting cones as they drop to the forest floor. The squirrel is harvesting cones with the seeds still intact so he can stash them for winter.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
As the weather warms, signs of spring are everywhere--green grass, emerging larch needles and spring wildflowers. The burst of color from spring wildflowers is a welcome sight after winter.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
One day in early spring, the sweet fragrance of cottonwood buds will fill the air. The large pointed buds of black cottonwoods are filled with a sticky, reddish substance that emits a sweet resinous fragrance.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
A piercing “jay jay jay” call came from the yard. Could it be? Not hearing the familiar bird call since growing up in Minnesota, I wouldn’t believe I heard a blue jay until I saw it.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
The ruckus of magpies and ravens caught my attention as I walked up the road. As I approached, the magpies, ravens and eagles flew off but the large, red-headed turkey vulture kept its place on the limb above the scavenged deer.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
