78% of all animal species are insects.

This is the time to look for things in the woods that are usually hidden by the leaves of trees.

Rudy shares a portion of Lord Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgramage."

Fox sparrows over-winter in South Carolina.

Do you klnow the state bird? The state amphibian? The state grass?

Rudy share's a quote from the journal of Henri-Frédéric Amiel.

Schizachyrium scoparium, commonly known as little bluestem or beard grass, is a species of North American prairie grass native to most of the contiguous United States (except California, Nevada, and Oregon) as well as a small area north of the Canada–US border and northern Mexico. It is most common in the Midwestern prairies. Little bluestem is a perennial bunchgrass.

Lyssomanes viridis, commonly known as the magnolia green jumper, is a species of jumping spider of the genus Lyssomanes, for which it is the type species. The species is native to the United States, being found in much of the Southeastern United States and Texas. It has also been reported from parts of Mexico, with sightings as far south as Guatemala and as far north as Delaware.

Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from southern Canada to Mexico. This species is a member of the genus Accipiter, sometimes referred to as true hawks, which are famously agile, relatively small hawks common to wooded habitats around the world and also the most diverse of all diurnal raptor genera.

In South Carolina, the American beech is among the last trees to lose its leaves in the fall.