The Birds

The Birds

By Jeff Tome The birds have taken over the porch, not through dive bombing us or whitewashing the deck, but by the sheer force of their presence. It all started with a fern in a hanging basket that my wife got for Mother’s Day. Soon after, the House Finches started to...
Eggs Everywhere

Eggs Everywhere

By Chelsea Jandreau At Audubon, we have been taking students out on the trails for the last few weeks. My group often ends up in a line of spruce trees, and underneath the trees the kids have discovered a spread of broken blue eggshells.  When the kids started...
Turtle Etiquette

Turtle Etiquette

By Emma Roth It is the time of year when babies abound. Birds are building nests, incubating their eggs, and feeding their young. Fawns are found curled up on the ground waiting for their mothers to return. Tadpoles are hatching from eggs and baby bunnies are hopping...
Lawns

Lawns

By Katie Finch Now that spring is full swing, there is a chorus heard on nice days. It usually plays on Saturday mornings but happens anytime it’s light and not raining. It is the buzz of the lawn mower.   I’ve been thinking about lawns recently. “No mow May” has...
Liberty’s 20th Anniversary

Liberty’s 20th Anniversary

By Jeff Tome The usual happy babble of preschool voices echoed across Audubon as a group of children and their parents came on a field trip. I happened to be outside doing something else as they walked up to see Audubon’s resident Bald Eagle, Liberty. For a moment,...