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I never understood the fascination with tourist bear cages. Seems like every county had a caged bear. Even for the 70's it just seemed so barbaric to keep an animal like that in such small cages.

Deer have good night vision due to a 1) a reflective film on the back of their retina, 2) having more rods than humans, and 3) having large pupils to gather more light similar to the objective lens (front lens) of a rifle scope being large for lower lighting conditions to gather more light.

Looks like I need to go look how it myself haha.. some of that may need some TLC from our TU Mad River Chapter..

great documentation! Cool to see the blue ash that big.

get a circumference tape please! Cool trees.

I've had more trouble identifying local oak trees than I would care to admit. It included even taking some minor core samples of the bark. As a wild mushroom forager, I got interested in learning more about tree identification since many fungi occur in symbiosis with certain types of trees. The goal was to be able to identify trees in winter by what I learned in other seasons. Additional incentive is due to being a hinter and wanting to know which trees species are most important to which wildlife.

Watching you videos leads me to reminisce about my own explorations both close and far. I have found it helpful to absorb some of Tom Wessels lessons on reading forested landscapes. I am not sure how broadly these would be applicable since they were based on New England history. I have watched all of his videos and read his books on interpretation of what one sees on the forest floor in terms of its history of human and natural storm activity. th-cam.com/video/zcLQz-oR6sw/w-d-xo.html

Such a beautiful place.

It's intriguing how a damaging invasive insect species from Asia introduced to the USA by humans can be attributed to climate change.

Hoosier here. Enjoyed the walk. Thanks. Smilax is Latin for "bindweed".

Did you shove your cock into that hole??

Thanks for the great video of my home state

Splendid tree, I wonder if it has any descendants nearby. Very far from me but I’d love to visit

I very much enjoyed this video. It made me curious about some of the streams in my neck of the woods.

This is a cool video! I am learning so much. Muir dog and I hiked the Sycamore Trail at The Parklands yesterday. Some of the specimens along this trail are mammoth in size! I read about them when I got back home. It sounded like these trees mostly inhabited floodplains and other areas with saturated soil. I was surprised to see Sycamores growing in such a harsh, rather dry environment.

Good morning. I just found your channel. This is the first video I have watched. I live in Louisville, Kentucky. I was raised in Newark, Ohio. Got to admit, we have some man made grasslands in various locations in Louisville. Then, they were abandoned by the folks that created them. One such abandoned prairie is now predominantly Bradford Pear. It is so sad to see. I very much enjoyed your video.

Good morning. I just found your channel. This is the first video I have watched. I live in Louisville, Kentucky. I was raised in Newark, Ohio. Got to admit, we have some man made grasslands in various locations in Louisville. Then, they were abandoned by the folks that created them. One such abandoned prairie is now predominantly Bradford Pear. It is so sad to see.

26:40 makes reference to "our new normal" Glancing through the last 50 years of November recorded temperatures, via Weather Underground, it appears that 70 in November is normal.

Great presentation

Enjoyed the video! My son and I did this hike earlier this year while staying at the state park. The state park and nature preserve are hidden gems in this area of Ohio.

Thanks for finally covering muskrat turds! I wondered when you would get to that ...

Nice Chestnut find!

I reference Pepper X in this video, but incorrectly attributed its origin to China. It was created by the same breeder who created the Carolina Reaper in South Carolina.

Have you ever had a fatali pepper? The stores here don’t sell them but they’re easy to grow! They’re almost as fire as this video

What a mighty tree!! Awesome!! The only place I have seen trees that big was in South Carolina. It was a gorgeous tree, may it live for centuries to come.

Very nice collection Dr.! I just subscribed and I look forward to seeing these trees develope.

Excellent information, as always! Love the variety of topics you cover as The Naturlist.

Very interesting topic! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and your work ...

Thanks for the tour, Don. In returning to Vermont on at least two trips I drove to Tonesta and past Kinzua Dam then on NE into New York following the Allegany River. I always wondered what Heart's Content was.

Allegheny river flows into Pittsburgh, right?

I own a cabin near Tidioute and it is a very beautiful area!

Thanks Don! It's been awhile since we visited Cooks Forest!

Wow. Would not need to be the strongest pressure either if you think about this happening over decades or hundreds of years. Like karst.

Very interesting episode. Do people live in Carcente in those old structures now?

I hope you get back to ID the one hickory. I would be surprised to see a Shellbark on a supposedly dry, rocky ridge.

Odd, my family had a "buzzard rock" area in Ball Ground, GA. Lots of fun to hike and explore!

... you, without your measuring tape!?!

"promosm"

Great looking property!

Really enjoyed watching this. Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) grows so elegant in the wild with deer herbivory, but so difficult to grow it in my yard here. Fascinating to see how Sassafras adapted itself to the darn Japanese honeysuckle! Sandrock and the cabin were interesting to know. Congrats on driving by Leaning Rock unscathed 😅

Thanks for all the great information ... the hickory process was especially interesting, as we've had some Hickory Syrup in the fridge for a while now (not sure where or when we purchased)

dandelion wine...

Ha ha ... excellent work on the tapping and the Bigfoot footage ... who would have thought the best time to have a sighting was in the middle of a sunny day

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This is an incredible hike. You have so much knowledge to share. I lived in this area until I pursued a career in New York City 39 years ago. You taught me a lot about this area that I didn’t know.

Hi Don. I am enjoying your hiking videos. Your narration is incredible. Thanks for sharing these experiences.

Really good video, Professor!

Another excellent video, thank you!

I started watching this and thought, 'man. I hope he doesn't try to go down into the gorge from that point." I've done that when it was snowy, back when I was much more agile. It is a challenge, especially if you are holding a camera instead of a walking sick. And I thought for sure that, after saying the bear was fed soft drinks and donuts, you'd say he died of a heart attack.

Always interesting and informative ... and fun with your sly sense of humor!