Downtown Boone Art Crawl

Visit the Downtown Boone Art

Crawl on the first Friday of every

month. Beginning at 5pm,

downtown businesses host

gallery shows and special

features each month. Enjoy

dinner and stay late for live

music at one of our fine

downtown restaurants...

>>>>FIREWOOD<<<<

  PICKUP OR DELIVERY!! 

SEASONED HARDWOOD

 

828-963-0007

Snow Removal

Residential and Commercial

Call Now to schedule

a free estimate!!

 

View Enhancement, Tree

 Removal, Tree Pruning,

Stump Grinding, Plant Health

 Care and more.

www.arborcare33.com

Cornerstone Christian

Fellowship

CCF is a church family that

believes that God is alive and

He cares about you! Come see

what all the talk is about. We

are located 1/2 mile south of

Grandview Funeral Home at

1276 Grandview Dr. Everyone

is welcome & dress is casual.

Whether Buying or Selling

Real Estate in the High Country

 Bob de Camara

Mountain Properties

828-964-3499

BooneRealEstate.com

 

We Specialize in Exquisite

Mountain Properties:

~ Immense Views ~

~ Thundering Waterfalls ~

~ Gorgeous Pastures & Farms ~

 

We Listen to Your Needs.

Relationship-Centered

 

Call Bob de Camara, Today.

828-964-3499

BooneRealEstate.com

For People Who Love the Mtns

Ask Your Sweetheart

for a

Handmade Valentine

 

It's not as hard as you may think!

Stop by Rivercross Market

in Valle Crucis and add your

Valentine's wish to the wish book.

 

Then ask your Sweetheart to 

attend a special Valentine's

night, Feb. 7, 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

 

Light refreshments will

be served and the friendly 

& knowledgeable staff

can make suggestions...even

if you haven't visited the store.

 

Visit Facebook for more info.


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January Highlights
by Curtis Smalling

Latest Update: January 22, 2012


Wild Turkeys are very visible in fields right now. Photo by Steven Bullock
January is usually a very slow birding month in the High Country. This year is no exception, but all hope is not lost! The nice thing about living in an area of the state with little bird activity is that we tend to be thankful for the little gifts that we sometimes get, even with common species.

The past few days a huge flock of Wild Turkeys have been in the bottom below Meat Camp Baptist Church. They really are beautiful birds and so amazing that they are so big!! Then last night I had a nice little Eastern Screech Owl calling at the house. Then just today, a really big Raven was in the road eating a rabbit carcass and it stayed in the road until the last possible minute then looked so big and amazing blue-black as he wheeled up in front of the car. Just gorgeous.

But a lot of birders do like the rarities and we have a couple just off the mountains. Dwayne Martin found a Ross' Goose and a Greater White-fronted Goose. There are also some Rufous Hummingbirds still around in the foothills. And now that February is coming, early returnees will be showing up like big flocks of blackbirds and grackles, migrant waterfowl, and sparrows moving through in March. So enjoy these days and look for the passing flock of chickadees, or a Pileated Woodpecker.

For more information on birds in the High Country call the Watauga Birding Hotline at 828-265-0198. Also visit www.ncaudubon.org, www.carolinabirdclub.org, Visit the Audubon North Carolina blog at http://ncaudubonblog.org/blog/


You can always count on Song Sparrows to brighten a winter day. Photo by Don Mullaney


Keep your eyes open for Fox Sparrows. Photo by Amy Cook


Eastern Bluebirds are checking out homes now. Photo by Don Mullaney