Category Archives: Whippoorwill Weekly

Read about Milo’s shopping adventure in the holiday edition of the Whippoorwill Weekly! Continue reading →

This was a very exciting week in the Nature Museum. We found and caught a lot of rare animals at Whippoorwill. We started off the week by catching two small snakes! One was a gardener snake. They are black and yellow. They are not venomous. Continue reading →

This week, as usual, kids found many crawdads (crayfish). In the 100-gallon aquarium in the Nature Museum, we have five fish – three Sunfish, a 15-inch Smallmouth Bass, and a 16-inch Catfish. They were caught in the pond by campers using bamboo poles, plain line and hooks. The kids catch crawdads and worms to feed to the fish. Continue reading →

First thing last Monday morning they shouted from the horse barn, “Help! We have a MONSTER here.” It turned out that they found a Hickory Horned Devil caterpillar – a ferocious looking five-inch green critter with black spines all along its back and large horns on back of its head. Once it pupates, it will emerge as a Royal Walnut Moth. Continue reading →

This week as usual, kids found many crawdads, starting with a 5 1/2″ specimen found by Ryan and caught by Brody. We also found a 2-inch tree frog that has amazing pads for toes allowing him to jump across the small aquarium and stick to the glass sides, a jumpy Green Frog who can’t wait for “Freedom Day” when we release all the critters caught during the week. Continue reading →

The critters that live at Whippoorwill Farm will have peace and quiet until Monday, July 11, when we resume playing in the woods out here after the 4th of July week off. This week as usual, kids found many crawdads, a 2-inch tree frog that has amazing pads for toes allowing him to jump across the small aquarium and stick to the glass sides, two tadpoles that started the week with only their tails now have four feet and still have their tails two tadpoles that have two legs. We also found several black beetles and a leech. Continue reading →

We observed the Summer Solstice at 12:16 PM on Tuesday, June 21. The days have been lasting longer and generating MORE electricity through the solar panels on the roof of the hilltop barn. Continue reading →

Whippoorwill Farm Day Camp, after slumbering through winter and early spring, is jumping with kids and critters. Rubythroated Hummingbirds are coming to the feeders; kids are finding critters in the creeks especially back by the waterfall behind the Nature Museum: a beautiful 9 ½ inch young water snake, orange spotted salamander, many crawdads (also known as crayfish), and a dead six inch monster crayfish. Continue reading →