Sassafras

Sassafras

By Emma Roth, Nature Educator We are in the throes of summer camp at Audubon Community Nature Center. As such, I have been spending a lot of my time outdoors. The past two weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to work with our two specialty camps: Into the Woods, where we...
Verdant

Verdant

By Chelsea Jandreau Several years ago, I interned at an outdoor school in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Like much of California, it tended to be dry for most of the year, with a somewhat wetter late winter and early spring. While there, I...
Busy Summer

Busy Summer

By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator How many times in a summer have you said something like, “There’s so much to do. The summer is too short. I’m so busy.”? I find myself saying that a lot recently, yet my idea of summer is that it is...
We need insects

We need insects

By Jeff Tome, Public Engagement Specialist July is a month for insects. That statement generally hits people in one of three ways. Some people will stay inside for the month of July to avoid them. Some folks will be utterly indifferent. Others will go out and...
Bats in the Window

Bats in the Window

By Emma Roth, Nature Educator I’m not a native of this area, I spent many summer weeks in my childhood at my family’s cabin in Russell, PA. I was always excited for these trips and looked forward with anticipation to all the things I would do: exploring the woods and...
Emergence

Emergence

By Chelsea Jandreau Many of the summer insects we see do not suddenly appear as the fully formed adult versions we are likely to casually encounter. These insects, along with many amphibians and a few other animals, have life cycles that require us to look in an...