You explore the way I have for my whole life. Ive live with a muscle disease that has threatened to keep me on the paved roads. I have persisted and its only this year at 67 yrs old, that I have had to cut way back on my trail walking. While I wait for this flare to burn out I watch your beautiful videos and I’m not so lonely for the woods. Thank you. For your good work.
Love the bluetts? flowers. They are delicate and beautiful en masse. I didn't see the woodcock, but it is pretty cool when you cross the path of wildlife unexpectedly. I have never seen so many butterflies in one place. Guess they like dung. That squirrel reminded me of my mother and I circling a telephone pole hiding from my father when I was a kid. It works!
A very nice hike WW! I haven't seen a Woodcock for many years. I remember when people hunted them as a game bird. Don't know if they are still hunted, hope not. The road I live on was a narrow dirt one with a wooden bridge. If fact, the front of my 8 acres along this road was where we'd often see them when I was a kid. All paved now of corse with a crappy bridge that often floods. It's paved over 5-6 concrete pipes, heavy rain, closed road. It was great to see that bird, what a great treat and WW Bonus! Thanks Kindly for a great vid with all the extras! Fond Future Fantastic Foundation Fun! DaveyJO
Great eye for the Woodcock! Bluettes were beautiful little delicate flowers. So many butterflies & quite interesting snack. I will stick with a Snickers bar, lol. Great hike Cliff, was fun. Thanks!!😍
Isn't it great that every hike is different & you can always find something unique; the feeding butterflies are a good example...thanks! Regarding the woodcock, I was fortunate to go to a talk & demonstration about the woodcock dance at Jacobsburg Park several years ago. It was really cool to hear the noise they make when soaring high & then fluttering downward. The neat thing is that all age groups attended.
Where I grew up the Kildeers built their nests in the center of gravel driveways. Looking for the nests was cool- now you don’t see it, now you do! Perfect camo indeed. Mama bird did the same dance to lure you away.
Another great video as always! I hope you are planning to do another old cemetery video soon. Thanks and keep up the great work you are doing in keeping us entertained!
Head over to Blue Marsh early spring(March/April) at the State Hill launch area. The woodcock perform their mating flights. The Rangers used to do a program years ago, not sure if they still host them or not.
Cliff, have you ever encountered native american directional tree bends? They would bend young trees into 45° bends pointing to significant locations like their village or graves..these trees are old now obviously but do still have the very pronounced bends to be formed naturally. Its something fun to keep a lookout for while hiking. Like i stated, they will all be gone soon. Hike safe!
I enjoyed this hike. We have those bluets too, though ours are more blue, and they are supposed to be somewhat rare here. We also have woodcocks, but I have only seen 3 of them in my life. All were wandering around oblivious to me, and the last one I saw was doing his little dance too. When you talked about how the woodcocks will try and lead you away from their nests, that reminded me of how the killdeer will do their broken wing routine to distract you and get you away from their nests. I have seen a group of them once.
New subscriber here. Really enjoy your videos and the understated and humble way you present them. I do not know how this showed up on my "recommended" list on UA-cam but I'm glad it did. I used to live in Center City and drive up the East River (err, Kelly) drive to Henry Avenue and park at the Valley View Inn and go on long hikes from Montco to Lincoln Drive on Forbidden Drive so I really enjoyed your ones of that park. Also, used to have a cabin near Palmerton and Lake Beltzville and enjoyed that. Wonder if you ever did the long trail from Bowmanstown to Allentown or do you avoid developed trails like that one?
Cute little flowers . I did look up the woodcock and they do funny dance moves, people have put music to them, fun to see...babies to.Nice butterfly's ,they look like a bunch of leaves. 👍
Gosh I so enjoy Ur vlogs. I love Ur idea of subject. Trees,live or dead, R my passion. Have always been in my life love rocks & stumps as well. Oh wow the waterfalls R amazing. I watch U over & over, Ur funny & when U go into those caves & tunnels or rabbit hole U craw into is neat cause Ur like Mikey...U’ll do it & I don’t have to. I watch U on my new tv smart tv things. Sometimes it feels Ur taking me w/U. Well U R, huh? lol One request is to slow down on ur fast panini messes w/my vertigo. lol
You have some interesting forest structures in your footage. A beauty at timestamp 8:40 !!! a couple of blatant tree breaks, some leaners (one into a tripod at 15:30), some tripods and even what looked like blockage! A real bonus to watching your videos. Thank You.
No, he's suffering an affliction I call "trail seduction" - the irresistible urge to see what lies around the next bend. And then the next one. And the one after that. Among us older hikers, it's the leading cause of a disorder known as "overdoing it"...
@The Wandering Woodsman, You mentioned at the beginning of the video of mysterious tree circles; Weiser State Forest just below Tower City has those same ones; I was always curious about what they meant or what you possibly know.
Killdeer do that a lot also. Butterflies love minerals. The pygmies use them for tracking game because they are attacked to the minerals in the animals pee.
I've hunted this area for many years. The lower road, the Hanover trail, takes you back between fields 14 and 15. If you go all the way back and cross the small bridge, you will come to a split. Stay to the left and there's a trail that goes to the right. If you follow that trail for about a quarter mile or so, there's a tombstone on the left side of the trail. I belive the last name is Buffington. Last time I was back there, someone placed a new headstone next to the old headstone. Thought maybe you would be interested in checking this out.
After you cross the bridge, stay to the right, not the left. Lol. Glad I reread that. If you go left you'll end up on top of the mountain near tower city. I miss going back there. Since my knees and back started giving me issues, I can't do it anymore.
A few weeks ago it was skunk smells and cocoa, now butterflies feasting on poop. The contrasts and incongruities of nature are boundless, what's next? Bigfoot rehearsing Hamlet's "To be or not to be..." soliloquy or Pixies pole dancing. At this point in a world gone mad, it wouldn't be surprising if it somewhere out there both are happening.
Seeing the woodcock and squirrel was fabulous. Of course those butterflies were beautiful. Those flowers are just so beautiful. Really enjoyed that very much thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe
I used to hunt woodcock with my dad and they are actually a migratory bird and are classified by federal gov't as such so we had to plug our shot guns for 3 shells.
Pocket-poncho, in it's package, tucked in a pocket of your bag - and ya don't hafta worry about getting your equipment wet if you get caught in a sudden cloud-burst. Woodcocks, killdeer, plovers, sandpipers - their hatchlings are like poultry, and run around after they come out the egg. The hen probably returned when you went around the bend, and led her young'uns away.
Have you ever been to the old Hession graveyard that is located in Franklin County in the game lands in Horse Valley (I can’t remember if it’s upper or lower horse valley). It’s pretty cool.
You don’t want to build in the valley bottom, as there could be flooding and cold settles in the bottom, you also don’t want to be on the top of a ridge the wind would not be good for keeping warm or for your garden.
There are a lot of woodcocks behind my house.I have four wheeler trails leading to logging roads where I ride and the woodcocks always sit in the middle of the trails and fly up right in front of me.
Butterflies like to lick salt off of things. This is often why they congregate on mud, as minerals in the mud contain salt. There's probably some salty goodness in that poop.
I saw butterflies gather like that once before along a river bank. But there was an old can of beer they were on. I figured the fermenting sugar smell must attract them. But its funny to think that butterflies get drunk.
Nice vid. I hate when Grouse and Woodcock shoot up like that right in front. More so the fact that I don't see them right before they take flight. A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope. Your video capture is perfect enough to see where that name came from.
@@cathywilson1273 From other sites And From the back of my Property in Extreme Northeast Wisconsin. The unnatural stacking of logs/ Trees . Ten too 12 Foot trees stacked with the roots up side down. Giant X in the middle of nowhere .And leanto. Teepees of sticks.If you want some great example's go to World Bigfoot Radio" here on Utube. I personally I experienced " rock clanking" small rocks thrown in my general detection. And two years ago aroar that was about 10 seconds long . Thank for asking.
@@johnnyhalf6558 - WOW!!! If I saw the stacking of logs/trees I would have thought an owner of the land was just stacking firewood on his property. Why, I wonder, would the Bigfoot stack trees root side up? Interesting. Leantos and teepees of sticks, again, I would have thought the landowner would do that. But, then again, since it's extreme northeast WI, who would venture up there?!? I'd be scared out of my wits if I had rocks thrown at me, and hearing those roars too!!! In the past, and the recent past, I have walked alone on trails in the woods. But now, I going to reconsider doing that. Is it possible that bigfoot is in every state? Thanks too for the Utube title. Oh, also, since you're a guy, you have more courage and strength than I do, to venture into that territory. Thanks for sharing! I appreciate your time!
I think that bird may have been a long billed snipe. Similar to the woodcock but it has a distinctive long stripe (which that bird had) at the base of the underwing. They're more common here in Chester County than the woodcock. Looking back on the film you literally almost stepped on it before it took off - sort of the way mourning doves act.
Nice film, I read the caption 'Unexpected Encounter'and thought I might get a glimpse of Bigfoot or the Mothman,but no matter, it was still an illuminating hike.All the best from England. PS, who was the Crazy Dutchman?
I think we burned that unit last spring. The use of fire promotes the bunch grasses and flowers. Download the PGC app for mapping the Gamelands in real time.
Well thank goodness you didn't get drinched guess you should but rain gear in your backpack, Well I've watch IDK 4,5,6 vids this evening I gotta go to bed after 3 am I'm pretty sleepy. C U later
You explore the way I have for my whole life. Ive live with a muscle disease that has threatened to keep me on the paved roads. I have persisted and its only this year at 67 yrs old, that I have had to cut way back on my trail walking. While I wait for this flare to burn out I watch your beautiful videos and I’m not so lonely for the woods. Thank you. For your good work.
At first I thought you may have encountered a Bigfoot on the trail, but a woodcock is exiting also. :)
Nice hike Cliff, thanks. The woodcock would have startled the poop out of me.
Love the bluetts? flowers. They are delicate and beautiful en masse. I didn't see the woodcock, but it is pretty cool when you cross the path of wildlife unexpectedly. I have never seen so many butterflies in one place. Guess they like dung. That squirrel reminded me of my mother and I circling a telephone pole hiding from my father when I was a kid. It works!
A very nice hike WW! I haven't seen a Woodcock for many years. I remember when people hunted them as a game bird. Don't know if they are still hunted, hope not. The road I live on was a narrow dirt one with a wooden bridge. If fact, the front of my 8 acres along this road was where we'd often see them when I was a kid. All paved now of corse with a crappy bridge that often floods. It's paved over 5-6 concrete pipes, heavy rain, closed road. It was great to see that bird, what a great treat and WW Bonus! Thanks Kindly for a great vid with all the extras! Fond Future Fantastic Foundation Fun! DaveyJO
Another great video Cliff! Lots of interesting walks you go on and interesting to see the history of the area!
Great eye for the Woodcock! Bluettes were beautiful little delicate flowers. So many butterflies & quite interesting snack. I will stick with a Snickers bar, lol. Great hike Cliff, was fun. Thanks!!😍
Isn't it great that every hike is different & you can always find something unique; the feeding butterflies are a good example...thanks! Regarding the woodcock, I was fortunate to go to a talk & demonstration about the woodcock dance at Jacobsburg Park several years ago. It was really cool to hear the noise they make when soaring high & then fluttering downward. The neat thing is that all age groups attended.
A hike thru the woods, with you as the guide, is the best hike. Thanks.
Loved the startling encounter and the beautiful butterflies. You make great nature videos.
Was neat to see the woodcock...another enjoyable adventure Cliff!
I really enjoy "hiking" with you Cliff! I learn so much! Thank you!
You got eyes like a hawk, the way you pick up on things. Never saw butterflies like that. Thx for sharing
Where I grew up the Kildeers built their nests in the center of gravel driveways. Looking for the nests was cool- now you don’t see it, now you do! Perfect camo indeed. Mama bird did the same dance to lure you away.
Another great video as always! I hope you are planning to do another old cemetery video soon. Thanks and keep up the great work you are doing in keeping us entertained!
Enjoyed seeing the woodcock flyoff...the beautiful stream and bluets too. Thanks.
Nice catch of the woodcock. You're fast with the camera.
Head over to Blue Marsh early spring(March/April) at the State Hill launch area. The woodcock perform their mating flights. The Rangers used to do a program years ago, not sure if they still host them or not.
I like that you don’t panic if you think is not the way you thought you wanted to go ... Lov to see the butterflies all boundle together ..
Day lilies and lylocks always means it was someone’s home at one time.
Tiger lilies, snowdrops, some types of roses, and fruit trees.
I metal detect a lot and look for these signs. Check one here at my chan called hawk vs snake, crazy stuff I stumbled upon in the woods.
Old homesites are the best places to find heirloom plants.
Cliff, have you ever encountered native american directional tree bends? They would bend young trees into 45° bends pointing to significant locations like their village or graves..these trees are old now obviously but do still have the very pronounced bends to be formed naturally. Its something fun to keep a lookout for while hiking. Like i stated, they will all be gone soon. Hike safe!
I love your videos man. When I can't get out and hike or walk it seems to fill my need for a hike and exploring 😁
Beautiful county thanks for sharing your adventure stay safe and keep wandering
Cliff, really enjoy your videos and what beautiful scenery!
Cliff I love your adventures. Keep uo the good work.
I enjoyed this hike. We have those bluets too, though ours are more blue, and they are supposed to be somewhat rare here. We also have woodcocks, but I have only seen 3 of them in my life. All were wandering around oblivious to me, and the last one I saw was doing his little dance too. When you talked about how the woodcocks will try and lead you away from their nests, that reminded me of how the killdeer will do their broken wing routine to distract you and get you away from their nests. I have seen a group of them once.
New subscriber here. Really enjoy your videos and the understated and humble way you present them. I do not know how this showed up on my "recommended" list on UA-cam but I'm glad it did. I used to live in Center City and drive up the East River (err, Kelly) drive to Henry Avenue and park at the Valley View Inn and go on long hikes from Montco to Lincoln Drive on Forbidden Drive so I really enjoyed your ones of that park. Also, used to have a cabin near Palmerton and Lake Beltzville and enjoyed that. Wonder if you ever did the long trail from Bowmanstown to Allentown or do you avoid developed trails like that one?
Enjoy your videos, very relaxing. Amazing footage of the butterflies. Never imagined anything would find a pile of poop attractive. Ha ha.
Cute little flowers . I did look up the woodcock and they do funny dance moves, people have put music to them, fun to see...babies to.Nice butterfly's ,they look like a bunch of leaves. 👍
Gosh I so enjoy Ur vlogs. I love Ur idea of subject. Trees,live or dead, R my passion. Have always been in my life love rocks & stumps as well. Oh wow the waterfalls R amazing.
I watch U over & over, Ur funny & when U go into those caves & tunnels or rabbit hole U craw into is neat cause Ur like Mikey...U’ll do it & I don’t have to. I watch U on my new tv smart tv things. Sometimes it feels Ur taking me w/U. Well U R, huh? lol
One request is to slow down on ur fast panini messes w/my vertigo. lol
You have some interesting forest structures in your footage. A beauty at timestamp 8:40 !!! a couple of blatant tree breaks, some leaners (one into a tripod at 15:30), some tripods and even what looked like blockage! A real bonus to watching your videos. Thank You.
great hike thanks for sharing
Cliff you must have been a Mountain man in a former life, always wanting to see what's over the next hill, around the next curve
No, he's suffering an affliction I call "trail seduction" - the irresistible urge to see what lies around the next bend. And then the next one. And the one after that. Among us older hikers, it's the leading cause of a disorder known as "overdoing it"...
Edith Davis I’m the same way!
i realize Im pretty randomly asking but does anybody know of a good site to watch newly released series online?
@Trevor Joel Try flixzone. Just search on google for it :)
@Joe Zavier Yea, been watching on flixzone for since march myself :D
Excellent video. . . Thanks for your video. . .
Thanks for sharing
@The Wandering Woodsman,
You mentioned at the beginning of the video of mysterious tree circles; Weiser State Forest just below Tower City has those same ones; I was always curious about what they meant or what you possibly know.
Cool seeing Pitch Pines growing there as well!
Thank you
Killdeer do that a lot also. Butterflies love minerals. The pygmies use them for tracking game because they are attacked to the minerals in the animals pee.
Damn, I was just sitting down to eat when you said “they suck the juice out of the poop” now I gotta wait an hour or so.
I love your videos!
I miss your Wellboro Hat!! ( my home town) Great videos
I still have it, you may see it again..
I like the butterflies. Very nice.
I've hunted this area for many years. The lower road, the Hanover trail, takes you back between fields 14 and 15. If you go all the way back and cross the small bridge, you will come to a split. Stay to the left and there's a trail that goes to the right. If you follow that trail for about a quarter mile or so, there's a tombstone on the left side of the trail. I belive the last name is Buffington. Last time I was back there, someone placed a new headstone next to the old headstone. Thought maybe you would be interested in checking this out.
Thanks, I will have to go try and find this....
After you cross the bridge, stay to the right, not the left. Lol. Glad I reread that. If you go left you'll end up on top of the mountain near tower city. I miss going back there. Since my knees and back started giving me issues, I can't do it anymore.
A few weeks ago it was skunk smells and cocoa, now butterflies feasting on poop. The contrasts and incongruities of nature are boundless, what's next? Bigfoot rehearsing Hamlet's "To be or not to be..." soliloquy or Pixies pole dancing. At this point in a world gone mad, it wouldn't be surprising if it somewhere out there both are happening.
Would you like the truth about sasquatch? Howtohunt.com
Hi Cliff, that Woodcock surprised me too lol, a shame you didn't find the ruins but the map and trails were kinda vague. Thanks for sharing. x
Some just gave me directions for those ruins, so I will most likely go back some time soon.
@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 That is great news, I look forward to when you can make it back there, were you close ??. x
love watching.
I've had a grouse so something similar it was under a small bush night on the side of the trail.
Mother nature invented the jump scare long ago and it works everytime! 👍
That was certainly better than last video. Seeing the woodcik
Seeing the woodcock and squirrel was fabulous. Of course those butterflies were beautiful. Those flowers are just so beautiful. Really enjoyed that very much thanks so much for taking me along. Please stay safe
I used to hunt woodcock with my dad and they are actually a migratory bird and are classified by federal gov't as such so we had to plug our shot guns for 3 shells.
What do they taste like?
Pocket-poncho, in it's package, tucked in a pocket of your bag - and ya don't hafta worry about getting your equipment wet if you get caught in a sudden cloud-burst. Woodcocks, killdeer, plovers, sandpipers - their hatchlings are like poultry, and run around after they come out the egg. The hen probably returned when you went around the bend, and led her young'uns away.
Have you ever been to the old Hession graveyard that is located in Franklin County in the game lands in Horse Valley (I can’t remember if it’s upper or lower horse valley). It’s pretty cool.
Here in ct we call the small whitish flowers forgetmenots!
You don’t want to build in the valley bottom, as there could be flooding and cold settles in the bottom, you also don’t want to be on the top of a ridge the wind would not be good for keeping warm or for your garden.
I never associated butterflies with poop before. Interesting!
Butterflies do like dung and mud, they get salt and nutrients from it. I have always noticed butterflies around com patties and barnyards
There are a lot of woodcocks behind my house.I have four wheeler trails leading to logging roads where I ride and the woodcocks always sit in the middle of the trails and fly up right in front of me.
Butterflies like to lick salt off of things. This is often why they congregate on mud, as minerals in the mud contain salt. There's probably some salty goodness in that poop.
love going with you.
you did well to catch the Woodcock on film
Where do you get all your local area maps?
Butterflys like poop, can't believe that, thought they love flowers.. Very interesting, you are so smart.
I saw butterflies gather like that once before along a river bank. But there was an old can of beer they were on. I figured the fermenting sugar smell must attract them. But its funny to think that butterflies get drunk.
Another day, another outing in the woods. Super catch of that bird (wood-cock) and the squirrel too. Once again, off trail to check stuff out.
I miss home in PA. Love Terri Simmers.
Is there a place online to see this historical dates of past burns on PA state game lands?
Not sure about that.
Nice vid. I hate when Grouse and Woodcock shoot up like that right in front. More so the fact that I don't see them right before they take flight. A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope. Your video capture is perfect enough to see where that name came from.
Where do you get your maps?
Killdeer aslo nest on the ground and will act wounded to lead a predator away from the nest.
Interesting tree breaks and tree placements . Might have a clan of Sasquatch in the area ?
@Johnny Half, have you ever seen any Sasquatch? What do you mean by tree placements? Thanks!
@@cathywilson1273
From other sites And From the back of my Property in Extreme Northeast Wisconsin. The unnatural stacking of logs/ Trees . Ten too 12 Foot trees stacked with the roots up side down. Giant X in the middle of nowhere .And leanto. Teepees of sticks.If you want some great example's go to World Bigfoot Radio" here on Utube. I personally I experienced " rock clanking" small rocks thrown in my general detection. And two years ago aroar that was about 10 seconds long . Thank for asking.
@@johnnyhalf6558 - WOW!!! If I saw the stacking of logs/trees I would have thought an owner of the land was just stacking firewood on his property. Why, I wonder, would the Bigfoot stack trees root side up? Interesting. Leantos and teepees of sticks, again, I would have thought the landowner would do that. But, then again, since it's extreme northeast WI, who would venture up there?!? I'd be scared out of my wits if I had rocks thrown at me, and hearing those roars too!!! In the past, and the recent past, I have walked alone on trails in the woods. But now, I going to reconsider doing that. Is it possible that bigfoot is in every state? Thanks too for the Utube title. Oh, also, since you're a guy, you have more courage and strength than I do, to venture into that territory. Thanks for sharing! I appreciate your time!
In South Jersey we call it "a crick". Big Timber Crick. I can see the Woodcock...you nearly stepped on it.
I think that bird may have been a long billed snipe. Similar to the woodcock but it has a distinctive long stripe (which that bird had) at the base of the underwing. They're more common here in Chester County than the woodcock. Looking back on the film you
literally almost stepped on it before it took off - sort of the way mourning doves act.
You could be right. I didn't consider that when I was out there. I went back and watched that part of video.....it does look Snipish.
Might want to download the AllTrails App
Nice film, I read the caption 'Unexpected Encounter'and thought I might get a glimpse of Bigfoot or the Mothman,but no matter, it was still an illuminating hike.All the best from England.
PS, who was the Crazy Dutchman?
I think we burned that unit last spring. The use of fire promotes the bunch grasses and flowers. Download the PGC app for mapping the Gamelands in real time.
Daylilies are either native or naturalized in Upstate NY...
Coyotes killed off all the ruffed Grouse out here in Western PA.
Woodcock taste like liver ,hunted them when ruff grouse hunting, did you see any ramps they sort of look like lilies
Cool
Do you have a natural gift always knowing which direction you're going. Like do you always know when it's north!
The butterflies were taking on wather out of the mud.
What were those roads for originally?
Many of them are old logging roads.
The Wandering Woodsman Thank you 😊 love your vids!
What out for the 2 mountain lions !
On the beach they are called sand pipers !
Well thank goodness you didn't get drinched guess you should but rain gear in your backpack, Well I've watch IDK 4,5,6 vids this evening I gotta go to bed after 3 am I'm pretty sleepy. C U later
You do seam to like the Woodcock a lot
As a child what you call bluets we called them quaker ladies.
,cliff wide lens is great for some time but it blurs the picture.
Yes , hard to think something so beautiful feeds off stuff like that.
I don't use a wide lens.
Sorry thought you were. Must have been my system or server.
a "kaleidoscope" of butterflies...interesting
Where exactly is Dolphin county pa. ?
Dauphin County is in central Pennsylvania.Home of our capital city Harrisburg.
Hahahaha...Dolphin
Some dark woods you have too.
TIL ..never kiss a butterfly
Cliff you ever see any piliated woodpeckers while hanging out in the woods in Penn.?
My parents live north of the mountain from Cliff in Schuylkil County, and they have a pilleated woodpecker that comes to their bird feeder.
Your first woodcock.....
I wanna say it so bad....
Did you notice the burned out tree behind where you ate lunch ?
11:25 there’s an X..right behind you......nice video.......🦶🏼🌲🌏. 👍
Ddin't know butterflys flock around poop.
nope it is poop i've got a picture I took just like that
Next time take a picture of the trail layout.