Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Rock Pigeon is an introduced species found in Kentucky year-round
The Rock Pigeon (Columba livia), formerly known as the Rock Dove, is an unusual breeding bird in Kentucky. It’s an…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: The green heron is the most widespread nesting heron in Kentucky
The Green Heron (Butorides virescens) is found throughout Kentucky, but populations are lower in heavily forested areas where suitable nesting…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Fishing is a good summer outdoor activity, but adequate sun protection is vital
Summer is a good time to go fishing. The days are longer, thanks to Daylight Savings Time, so after work…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: New seed orchard program aims to grow seedlings for KY Division of Forestry
Plant a tree. Not just any tree, but one that produces quality mast, such as the White Oak (Quercus alba)….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Lake Reba, in Madison Co., was impounded from Otter Creek in KY River Basin
Editor’s note: This is the nineteenth article in an occasional series on small lakes in central and eastern Kentucky. Lake…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Snowy Owl, a winter migrant rarely observed in Ky., but not unheard of
A glimpse of this winter migrant might be on the holiday wish list of birdwatchers in Kentucky, and bordering states…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky Wild program supports endangered, threatened non-game wildlife
The Kentucky Wild program, launched during the summer of 2018 by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KDFWR),…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: With striking looks and eerie sounds, the Great Horned Owl is a Halloween icon
A night hunter with a striking appearance and eerie vocalizations, this owl is a Halloween icon. The Great Horned Owl…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: This native shorebird has a name that brings a smile to the face of deer hunters
The Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is easily identifiable by its distinctive plumage, preferred habitat, feeding behavior, shrill calls and the way…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: When using a treestand, deer hunters must focus on safety, pay attention to details
With bow season underway, hunters are making final preparations or may have already hunted a time or two on the…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The distinctive call of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo foretells of summer storms
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a weather forecaster, of sorts, in folklore. The secretive bird is heard, but seldom…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Alter your tackle, techniques for success when fishing in Kentucky’s summer heat
It’s been a challenging fishing year, weather-wise, with all that rain during the spring creating wildly fluctuating water levels, then…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Ky’s fourth species of Black Bass a mystery, limited to Cumberland headwaters
Anglers across Kentucky are intimately familiar with the largemouth, smallmouth and spotted (Kentucky) bass. These three black bass species are…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Common in rural Ky., the Barn Swallow is an acrobatic bird at home around humans
The Barn Swallow is an acrobatic bird, with its distinctive profile in flight, that’s at home around humans, nesting on…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Squirrel season has a long tradition in Ky; spring season makes biological sense
During the settlement era in Kentucky, as white-tailed deer, bison, elk, wild turkeys and black bears disappeared from the landscape,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Bullfrog season opens today; delicacy has been enjoyed by generations of Kyians
Bullfrog season opens in spring, but the nightly chorus is considered by many to be the song of summer. In…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Bowfishing basics, shooting fish is an enjoyable off-season practice for hunters
Archers who hunt deer, elk and wild turkeys should consider shooting fish in the off-season. It’s an enjoyable practice that…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Cutthroat trout becomes fourth species of trout to be stocked in Ky. waters
With the recent stocking of Cutthroat trout, there are now four species of trout in Kentucky waters. All four species…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The redear sunfish, mostly found in clear waters with rooted aquatic vegetation
Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series about Kentucky’s native sunfish species. The redear sunfish (Lepomis microlophus)…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Changes in management of Crappie in small lakes and preferred water conditions
Editor’s note: This is the second article in the three-part series on crappie fishing in Kentucky. In Kentucky, when anglers…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Celebrating a memorable hunt in a special place as hunting season nears end
It is a long walk in the dark to the narrow fold of land hidden between two ridges. Across a…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Hunters hit deer harvest records; Chronic Wasting Disease now in six states
Kentucky’s 2018-19 white-tailed deer season closes at the end of shooting hours on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 21….