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…
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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: Instances of drought have a significant impact on wildlife and landscape
Drought, even a moderate drought, has an immediate, noticeable impact on the landscape. It’s officially autumn, but you wouldn’t know…
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: A preview of Kentucky’s fall hunting seasons; update on tick activity across state
It’s summer, it’s hot, but Kentucky’s calendar of fall hunting seasons begins next week. Here are some details and observations:…
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: Winter is the best time to start wildlife management work on your hunting property
With hunting seasons winding down, now is the time to start habitat work on a property being managed for wildlife….
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….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A friendly bird, the Tufted Titmouse is known for crested head, distinctive song
This is the last in a series of articles about small songbirds often seen around bird feeders in rural and…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Carolina Chickadees are year-round residents that brighten the dreariest of days
Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series about small songbirds most often seen around bird feeders in…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: The Dark-eyed Junco — It’s a sure sign of cold weather when this snowbird arrives
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles about small songbirds most often seen around bird feeders…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Our state’s many streams and rivers are an important part of history, everyday life
They are present everywhere we travel — to work, school, or shopping trips in urban, rural or suburban areas. Driving…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: A regional migrant, the American black duck is prized by Kentucky hunters
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final article in a series about the ducks taken by hunters in Kentucky…