A forum for talking about plants, trees and animals. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:01:28 +0000 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:01:28 +0000 Camping Babble https://campingbabble.com/forums/nature.19/ Sun, 08 Sep 2019 11:41:21 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/eternal-flame-in-orchard-park-ny.1792/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/eternal-flame-in-orchard-park-ny.1792/ invalid@example.com (Northern Dancer) Northern Dancer The Eternal Flame is a naturally occurring natural gas leak in Orchard Park, NY. It sits in a small grotto behind a waterfall and is the most unique natural gas leak in the world for two reasons. First, most natural gas leaks are methane, but the Eternal Flame is 35% ethane and propane. This is extremely rare, and scientists aren’t exactly sure what accounts for the unique composition. Second, the source of the natural gas...

Eternal Flame in Orchard Park NY...]]> 1 Thu, 05 Sep 2019 01:44:22 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/firefly.1791/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/firefly.1791/ invalid@example.com (Northern Dancer) Northern Dancer View attachment 5040

Do you have these marvellous creatures in your neck of the woods?

The Lampyridae are a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera with over 2,000 described species. They are soft-bodied...

Firefly]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:14:32 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/the-growing-danger-from-increasing-numbers-of-ticks.1778/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/the-growing-danger-from-increasing-numbers-of-ticks.1778/ invalid@example.com (2sweed) 2sweed
of course the first articles proclaimed climate change, of course. But digging deeper I discovered other...

The Growing Danger From Increasing Numbers Of Ticks]]> Sat, 13 Oct 2018 02:31:34 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/pine-needles-are-a-healthful-survival-food.1098/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/pine-needles-are-a-healthful-survival-food.1098/ invalid@example.com (happyflowerlady) happyflowerlady Pine needles are actually full of vitamins, although it might take quit a bit of munching to keep you with enough calories to survive for very long.
Of course, if there is nothing else there to eat, then pine needles would be a welcome food, I guess.

I have picked the pine needles before and used them for pine needle tea, and it...

Pine Needles are a healthful survival food !]]> 4 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 01:16:39 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/how-do-you-tell-the-difference-between-a-weed-and-a-flower.1200/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/how-do-you-tell-the-difference-between-a-weed-and-a-flower.1200/ invalid@example.com (ashley0323) ashley0323 8 Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:53:12 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/best-bug-repellent.1229/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/best-bug-repellent.1229/ invalid@example.com (ashley0323) ashley0323 16 Fri, 05 Oct 2018 12:48:03 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/is-everyone-camping.1385/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/is-everyone-camping.1385/ invalid@example.com (killeroy154) killeroy154 2 Fri, 05 Oct 2018 01:49:19 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/my-last-hunting-trip.1732/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/my-last-hunting-trip.1732/ invalid@example.com (Alexandoy) Alexandoy
My last hunting trip]]> Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:14:30 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/a-great-time-with-a-friend.1715/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/a-great-time-with-a-friend.1715/ invalid@example.com (killeroy154) killeroy154
A Great Time With A Friend]]> 5 Wed, 03 Oct 2018 00:12:13 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/boooom.1709/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/boooom.1709/ invalid@example.com (Northern Dancer) Northern Dancer The evening was particularly cool with a brisk autumn breeze testifying that the summer was over. You could hear it pass through the strong arms of the tall trees that surrounded my little site. I snuggled in a lounging chair as close as the wood stove would permit and watched the flames dance on the wall of my Alaknak. The day had been good I thought, as I slipped a classical music disc into the CD player. With eyelids heavy, I listened to the last tune, stoked the fire once...

BOOOOM!]]> 3 Tue, 02 Oct 2018 01:39:21 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/bird-hunting-in-the-rice-field.1722/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/bird-hunting-in-the-rice-field.1722/ invalid@example.com (Alexandoy) Alexandoy
Bird hunting in the rice field]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2018 05:06:12 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/outdoor-channel.1719/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/outdoor-channel.1719/ invalid@example.com (Alexandoy) Alexandoy Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:46:04 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/forest-with-mosquitoes.1711/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/forest-with-mosquitoes.1711/ invalid@example.com (Alexandoy) Alexandoy 1 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 01:25:08 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/thieves-in-the-campsite.1700/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/thieves-in-the-campsite.1700/ invalid@example.com (Alexandoy) Alexandoy
Thieves in the campsite]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:14:23 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/everyone-must-be-camping.1536/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/everyone-must-be-camping.1536/ invalid@example.com (killeroy154) killeroy154 View attachment 4149]]> 3 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 01:42:29 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/winter-camping-terrain.1609/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/winter-camping-terrain.1609/ invalid@example.com (Northern Dancer) Northern Dancer
View attachment 4460 Three nights out in bitter cold. In spite of that, the *terrain was inviting and the experience invigorating. The only thing heard at night was the crackling of the stove in my Alaknak and cracking tree limbs in the frigid moonlight.

View attachment 4461 Across the bridge...

View attachment 4462 Over the creek...

View attachment 4463 Past a spring fed water...

Winter Camping Terrain]]> 6 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:35:42 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/small-reptile-for-food.1688/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/small-reptile-for-food.1688/ invalid@example.com (Alexandoy) Alexandoy Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:08:44 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/scary-grizzly-bear-story.1622/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/scary-grizzly-bear-story.1622/ invalid@example.com (2sweed) 2sweed
]]> 2 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:16:16 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/1st-time-for-new-seats.1651/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/1st-time-for-new-seats.1651/ invalid@example.com (killeroy154) killeroy154
1st Time for New Seats]]> 10 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:28:12 +0000 https://campingbabble.com/threads/black-bear-encouner-of-the-first-kind.1671/ https://campingbabble.com/threads/black-bear-encouner-of-the-first-kind.1671/ invalid@example.com (Northern Dancer) Northern Dancer You hear the twigs snap and the swish of young pine branches in the dead of night and you tumble out of your cozy warm sleeping bag to listen intently. Bang! "Okay...so it's not your vivid imagination at play." "Something is really out there."

You quickly finish dressing, grab your hiking staff, whistle, bear spray, and headlight and out you go into the wilderness to check things out.

Just down the road, there is a muffled commotion at a...

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