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From a beginner, birding in Lancaster County is harder, and better, than I thought [Unscripted column]
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (568+ words) Birders gathered at Flory Park in East Lampeter Township on Saturday, May 9, 2026, for a beginner birder trip. I've recently decided birding is good for my mental health. In compliance with a text from local veteran birder Meredith Lombard, I smushed…...
Romain Grosjean downplays dust-up with Marcus Armstrong as practice continues for Indianapolis 500
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (484+ words) FILE - Romain Grosjean walks to driver introductions before an Indy Car auto race, July 14, 2024, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Hey, it's worth a shot. Grosjean insisted he never intended to fight Armstrong when he said he wanted to hit…...
Bird flu discovery at Conowingo Dam closes parts of two trails
1+ week, 3+ day ago (361+ words) A bald eagle flys in to catch a fish near the surface of the Susquehanna River below Conowingo Dam in Harford County, Maryland on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Two recreational trails at Maryland's Conowingo Dam, just over the Lancaster County line, are…...
Liv Ent Theater M3 Bird in Hand. jpg
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (39+ words) Lancaster Online A couple celebrates their 40th anniversary with zany adventures on the road in "Ned & Nancy See America," continuing at Bird-in-Hand Stage in Bird-in-Hand through July 25....
Pennsylvania's Lawn to Habitat program is well-intentioned but problematic [letter]
3+ week, 3+ day ago (257+ words) I appreciate the intent behind the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources" Lawn to Habitat program. Converting excess lawn to meadow or forest is, in principle, a constructive response to runoff, carbon uptake and the ecological costs of maintaining…...
Peregrine falcons are flying over Lancaster city. After decades, is there finally a nest?
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1568+ words) An adult female peregrine falcon, left, flies with a juvenile peregrine falcon in downtown Lancaster city, as seen from the W. W. Griest Building facing east on Thursday, April 9, 2026. A juvenile peregrine falcon with a potentially injured leg flies in downtown Lancaster…...
Injured great horned owl mom fosters two owlets at Raven Ridge in Washington Boro
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1291+ words) Two great horned owlets, who share a foster mom, sit at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in Washington Boro in April 2026. An adult female great horned owl (right) sits with her foster great horned owlet at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in…...
As a 12-year-old, he had an adventure breeding pigeons in 1952 [I Know a Story column]
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (543+ words) That afternoon, I rode my bicycle on the Old Harrisburg Pike to Grace Lutheran to catch that black pigeon. I had a burlap bag and pigeon feed along. The pigeon was perched on the church when I arrived. I placed…...
Chicken composting sign
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (66+ words) Lancaster Online A sign at the Kreider Farms poultry farm off Eby Chiques Road tells visitors not to enter the farm, which is the site of a recent outbreak of avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu. Poultry specialist…...
Did mother bald eagle eat unhatched egg at livestreamed Lancaster County nest?
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (405+ words) Two bald eaglets sit with their parents in a nest in an unnamed Lancaster County farm field on Friday, March 20, 2026. At least one egg was determined not to be viable at Lancaster County's livestreamed bald eagle nest. After two eggs…...