Drakula the Bat 2014-06-20 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Lawrence Hamilton. Lawrence writes, "This bat has taken up residence in our porch rafters. 2nd year in a row. We have named him or her Drakula." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Cow news: Beating the Heat at the old swimmin' hole 2014-06-20 - Fairplay, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Health conscious cows in Fairplay have been enjoying a great swimming hole, supposedly for recreational as well as to avoid heat stroke. The scene is at the intersection of Yellow Hammer Road and KY 68, less than 1/2 mile from Downtown Fairplay, KY. The open road swooshing out of sight goes to Glens Fork/Glensfork/Glenville/or the Village of Hardscratch, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia/Adair Co. Trails: Serene view, Lakeside Trail, GRL 2014-06-20 - Lakeside Trail, Green River Lake, Columbia, KY - Photo by Rich Ollestadt. This serene picture was taken while hiking on the Lakeside Trail next to Holmes Bend campground.The trails here are part of the Fisher Bend trail system which is only a 20 minute drive from the Columbia Square. - RICH OLLESTADT Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Least Tern 2014-06-19 - Photo by John Brunjes. An adult interior least tern protects their eggs from the sun’s rays on a river sand bar in western Kentucky. The least tern nests at this time of year on sand bars and islands in the Ohio River from Paducah downstream and in the Mississippi River along Kentucky’s western border. Human disturbance negatively impacts least tern nesting success. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Real Science Guy at Adair County Primary Center 2014-06-19 - ACPC, 158 Col. Casey Drive, Columbia, KY - Photo by Dana Harmon. Adair Primary Center students left were enthralled seeing reptiles close up. Brad Reynolds, center, the Real Science Guy .with a boa constrictor. This made the kids scoot way back. Justice Easley, right photo petting the Milk Snake and Evan Stotts waiting his turn. Students learned that the Milk Snake is nonvenomous and is a type of king snake, which eats other snakes. - Dana Harmon Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Critters of Cool Springs Creek: Soft shelled turtle 2014-06-19 - Cool Springs Creek, Gradyville, KY - Photo by Guy Babin. Found on the Cool Springs Creek crossing at the entrance to our place yesterday evening. She is the smooth variety about 12" long and was scooping out a place on the side of the road with her hind legs presumably to lay eggs. This morning on our walk all we could find was a vacant shallow hard scratch depression. She likely found better nesting digs closer to the creek. I was hoping she'd stick out her long neck to its entirety... but her smug expression told me to get lost. A lady needs her privacy after all. - Guy Babin Gradyville Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Opossum crossing 2014-06-19 - 100 Block Hudson Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Bill Wheat. Columbia Police Department Code Enforcer Bill Bailey was helping an opossum cross the Road on 61 north from Chevron to Gate. He ended up calling animal control to pick up the momma, who, in turn, said he was going to take the opossum to another place and turn loose to finish having its babies. Mommopossum already had one clinging to it's underside. - BILL WHEAT Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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