Bald eagle conservation reaches new milestone in Indiana
An eagle! Someone on the wooden dock shouted and then pointed. Everyone looked, spellbound.
It was a windy, autumn day at Patoka Lake in southern Indiana when the flapping wings crossed the sky and a dozen pairs of angler eyes turned away from the water and gazed upward.
One bird, one American bald eagle, its powerful wings propelling flight, appropriately in the tiny community of Birdseye, was simultaneously offering a bird’s-eye view the pull of its symbolism, history and majesty.
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Although this nest is at the Pine Grove Boat Ramp at Monroe Lake where eagles frequent, it is not an eagle nest but a much smaller nest than the eagles would build. Lew Freedman
…and Christmas continues….
Eiteljorg Museum’s
Jingle Rails now in 11th year
INDIANAPOLIS Jingle Rails: the Great Western Adventure, one of the city’s most popular holiday traditions, is open now through Jan. 18 at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, 500 W. Washington St. Jingle Rails features nine G-scale model trains that ramble past reproductions of the landmarks of the American West as well as the skyline of downtown Indianapolis. The trains chug along 1,200 feet of track, winding through tunnels and over trestles, passing miniatures of Monument Circle, Lucas Oil Stadium, Mount Rushmore, Yellowstone, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. Each notable location is crafted out of all-natural materials including bark, tree roots, pine cones, acorns, seed pods and honeycomb. The elements of the display rotate from year-to-year, so for fans who missed visiting the Indiana State Fair or the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in person in 2020, both are recreated as
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These Old Bones Will Tell Your Story
He’s been dead for about 13,000 years and only been out of the ground for 22, but Fred the Buesching Mastodon still has stories to tell to help us understand the earth’s past.
In his latest helpful venture, the Indiana State Museum’s popular mastodon has helped an international group of scientists learn more about how and why mastodons moved across what is now Mexico, the United States and Canada, and why the extreme northern populations, with lower levels of genetic diversity, failed to survive.
The first large-scale genetic study of American mastodons, using DNA from Fred and 34 other animals, found that mastodons migrated much greater distances than researchers had initially thought, largely driven by changing climates.
Kid Picks for 12-17-20
Local author releases new children’s book
NEW PALESTINE – Author and mother Ashly Curren has recently released a new children’s book “A What Chin?” The picture book features a young boy who was told he had a butt chin, and how he uses humor to cope with the negative terms associated with his chin. The book is available for purchase at acpublished.com.
Wait for Santa on Christmas Eve with the first responders
HANCOCK COUNTY – The Hancock County 911 Center, the Sugar Creek Township Fire Department, the Greenfield Fire Territory and the Charlottesville Volunteer Fire Department invite children young and old to join them at 8 p.m. as they welcome Santa. The pre-recorded video will air at 8 p.m. on the Facebook event page “Christmas Eve – Hancock County Getting Ready for Santa,” and will then be available for the rest of the evening for various bedtimes. In the meantime, head on over to the Hancock County 911 Center Facebook page and watch th