Woodcocks

Woodcocks

By Sarah Hatfield Spring arrives with fairly stunning regularity. My nature journal shows that last year the phoebe arrived on March 31. This year, it was March 26. The year before was March 27 and the year before that, March 26. The trend continues going back, not...
Wrong about Smells

Wrong about Smells

By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator The world is full of amazing things. Some things we understand, some we don’t, and some we think we understand until we discover otherwise. Somewhere, sometime, I picked up the “fact” that all birds lack a sense of smell. I’ve...
Ode to a Dead Tree

Ode to a Dead Tree

By Jeff Tome, Public Engagement Specialist I start many days at Audubon with a quick hike to the Blue Heron Overlook. It’s a fast hike that I can do in a few minutes, but it centers me and lets me focus on the day ahead. Sometimes there is amazing wildlife on the...
An Ode to Mud

An Ode to Mud

By Emma Roth, Nature Educator I get impatiently excited at this time of year as I eagerly await the arrival of my favorite season: spring. This year, however, I’m feeling somewhat disappointed. The Skunk Cabbage has started to bloom, and the Red-winged Blackbirds are...
Maple Musings

Maple Musings

By Sarah Hatfield, Education Coordinator I’m not sure if you’ve ever boiled maple sap down into syrup, but the process takes a while. At least it does in the old school way we do it (buckets, no reverse osmosis, wood fire). Depending on the amount of sap, anywhere...