My Office Nature Collection

My Office Nature Collection

By Sarah Hatfield Let’s take a tour of my desk at work! You’re thinking, “this is a strange topic and sounds boring.” Perhaps! You’ll have to read on to find out. But it was my turn to write the article and I forgot, and this is what my brain can do today. As a...
Sense of Place

Sense of Place

By Katie Finch At Audubon, winter is the season of classroom programs. Many of my winter weekdays are spent in elementary classrooms presenting programs about science concepts. In a third-grade program called Hunters and Hunted, students examine images and play games...
Present in Nature

Present in Nature

By Jeff Tome It is important to be present. This is a saying that I hear a lot in my life. It seems like such a simple thing, to be present, but it is more complicated than just showing up. Your body can be present, but your mind absent. The mind wanders off on its...
Gulls and Other Urban Animals

Gulls and Other Urban Animals

By Chelsea Jandreau If someone were to ask what animals you find near your home or in your neighborhood, what comes to mind? I live near a lake and with that comes a rotating batch of waterfowl and other birds. The geese and ducks fluctuate in number as the seasons...
Birding Dangerously

Birding Dangerously

By Sarah Hatfield A blur of blue flashed out of the corner of my eye on a rural road in Pennsylvania: bluebird. A flash of white as motion disappears into the hemlocks: junco. A sand-brown explosion comes from the gravel on the side of the road: doves. These are the...
Life Lessons from a Cockroach

Life Lessons from a Cockroach

By Emma Roth Audubon is home to a number of animal ambassadors. Most of these are well known to our visitors: birds of prey, snakes, turtles, fish, hellbenders, and an ancient one-eyed toad. These animals serve a valuable role at Audubon. They teach visitors about...