Art Lander’s Outdoors: The American Robin, migratory songbird and harbinger of spring
In folklore, the American Robin is symbolic of impending warmer weather and is believed to be a harbinger of Spring….
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Art Lander’s Outdoors: Woodpeckers are a Kentucky native negatively impacted by invasive Starling
Woodpeckers are found throughout Kentucky, and are most abundant wherever semi-open forests or big trees are present. In winter, several…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: EHD outbreak update shows reports of dead, dying deer now in 72 counties
In the past month the number of reports of dead and/or dying deer received by the Kentucky Department of Fish…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Driving Kentucky’s backroads reveals the aerial artistry of the American kestrel
Drive through Central Kentucky backroads and you might get to witness the aerial artistry of the American kestrel (Falco sparverius)….
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Ky’s Sandhill Crane season marks sixth year as population continues to expand
Sandhill cranes migrate through Kentucky twice a year along a corridor bounded roughly by Henderson, in the west, to Lexington,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Handy gear will make your fishing trips more enjoyable, productive
With streams and rivers beginning to clear, lake levels falling to near-normal levels, and water temperatures in the 60s, fishing…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Shift in calendar will delay start of Kentucky’s wild turkey season
Due to calendar shift, Kentucky’s spring wild turkey season opens and closes as late as it can be. By regulation,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Spring brings many things, including the return of tick season
Spring is a feast of opportunity in the outdoors, a time to hike and camp, garden, fish local streams and…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Hungry bass, warming temperatures result in best time for fishing
March is the beginning of the best bass fishing of the year. The largest bass move up shallow first because…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Record-breaking snow, cold bring both good and bad news
The change to Daylight Savings Time was last Sunday, and Spring starts next week on March 20, but temperatures are…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Invasive plants and animals are threat to native species in state
Invasive, exotic species that pose a threat to native plants and animals are making big news these days. It’s a…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Hunting predators like coyotes provides a unique experience
Hunting coyotes is an experience unlike any other in Kentucky. You are hunting a predator, an animal of high intelligence,…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Sauger fishing best in month of February – if you can stand the cold
The thermometer might say no, but the calendar says yes. Late February is the start of the best fishing of…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Ever-present crows both plentiful, challenging for Kentucky hunters
At home in cities, suburbs and rural farmlands, the crow is one of Kentucky’s most abundant bird species. Crows seem…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: Late season squirrel hunting requires a few adjustments in strategy
Hunters who aren’t quite ready to pack it in should consider late-season squirrel hunting. The leaves are down and the…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: State’s latest deer season started slow, but had a strong finish
Despite unseasonable weather and a big mast crop, Kentucky’s 2014-15 deer season ended with hunters posting the second-highest harvest total…