Art Lander’s Outdoors: News and updates for the 2024-25 fishing license year set to begin March 1
The new license year begins March 1st and continues through the last day of February the following year (2025). Here’s…
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: A winter migrant, the white-crowned sparrow flashes distinctive plumage
Editor’s note: This article is part of an ongoing series on backyard birds. In the scramble for seed at the…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Some of Kentucky’s best sauger fishing of the year starts in February
The thermometer might say no, but the calendar says yes. February is the start of some of the best fishing…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The American coot is an infrequent visitor to lakes in Central Kentucky
This migratory waterbird is an infrequent visitor to lakes in central Kentucky during the winter months. Commonly mistaken for a…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Field Sparrows are abundant in KY and common visitors to backyard feeders
When you feed songbirds during the winter months sparrows are likely to come in droves. The little brown and tan…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The house finch is found statewide, but most abundant in Central Kentucky
If you live in central Kentucky and feed songbirds during the winter months, there’s a good chance you have seen…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Four types of diving ducks encountered by Kentucky waterfowl hunters
Diving ducks are not as numerous as dabbler ducks in Kentucky, and are encountered in somewhat restricted habitats, most often…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Furbearers in Kentucky, a diverse group of wildlife with interesting life histories
Kentucky fields, forests and wetlands support more than a dozen species of furbearers, a diverse group of wildlife with interesting…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Five must-have gifts for the avid hunter on your Christmas shopping list
With the holiday shopping season upon us, here are gift ideas for the avid hunter on your Christmas list: • For…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Holiday gift ideas for the Angler on your shopping list
The holiday shopping season is here. Is there an angler on your shopping list? Here are five gift ideas: •…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Shopping tips for the young outdoor enthusiast on your holiday shopping list
Black Friday is the unofficial beginning of the holiday shopping season. Is there a boy or girl on your holiday…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Highly popular among state’s small game hunters, rabbit season set to begin
If you drove down rural backroads in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region this summer, early and late in the day, you likely…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Jeptha Knob is a little known Kentucky rock formation with a mysterious history
Jeptha Knob is a Kentucky natural wonder of mysterious origin that is little known outside of central Kentucky because the…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: As cool autumn temps arrive, the magical draw of a campfire is hard to resist
As cool weather sets in, the hours of daylight shorten and the leaves turn colors, we are drawn to campfires,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Late fall and winter is ideal time for feeding songbirds, now is time to prepare
Everyone gets an up close look at our feathered friends when you feed songbirds during the fall and winter months….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The song sparrow is most common in central and eastern parts of Kentucky
The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is a year-round resident, most common today in central and eastern Kentucky, absent or in…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Making knives from parts is rewarding and yields a handcrafted heirloom
Over the years spent hunting and fishing, and in the kitchen cooking fish and game, a good blade comes in…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: WildTail’ documentary recalls one of country’s greatest conservation successes
From the swamps of Florida to the rolling hills of the Bluegrass State, the white-tailed deer has become a wildlife…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Once nearly absent in the state, the house wren now most abundant in NKY
The House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) has the distinction of being one of the very few songbirds that were rare or…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Grant County’s Williamstown Lake is a popular boating and recreation destination
Editor’s note:This is the seventeenth article in an occasional series on small lakes in central and eastern Kentucky. Williamstown Lake…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Kentucky’s fall dove season opens today, season runs through October 26
Kentucky’s fall dove season opens today. The fall season dates are September 1 through October 26. The 90-day season is…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The northern parula is a small colorful warbler with a big attitude and unique song
The northern parula (Setophaga americana) is a colorful, feisty little bird. I was lucky to get a close-up look at…