by auduboncnc | Oct 20, 2023 | Nature News
By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator When I pull into the parking lot of a state forest to walk the dog, I’m reminded of Christmas. The abundant red and green color scheme of the hawthorn trees evokes the holiday season. The hawthorn trees were just loaded with ripe...
by auduboncnc | Oct 2, 2023 | Fall, Nature News
By Emma Roth, Nature Educator Nature is noisy. Tweeting birds, chirping frogs, crunchy leaves, dripping water, and wind, the list goes on. For nature lovers, these sounds are a form of music. Like music, they can convey emotions and meanings as the music changes with...
by auduboncnc | Sep 26, 2023 | Nature News
By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator In the Nature Center, we have a room full of dead birds. It’s a small room, off a corner of the live animal room on the first floor. The birds are the collection of Ralph Simpson, a self-taught naturalist from Warren,...
by auduboncnc | Sep 13, 2023 | Nature News
By Jeff Tome, Public Engagement Specialist People have all kinds of rituals to celebrate life that I think animals would just find weird. There are weddings, where large groups come together to celebrate a couple getting together. Animals have more personal rituals,...
by auduboncnc | Sep 8, 2023 | Nature News
By Emma Roth, Nature Educator Time moves faster as you age, or at least your perception of time does. This is a phenomenon that I’m sure many people have experienced; I certainly have. Summer months used to be endless as a child enjoying a break from school. Now they...
by auduboncnc | Aug 30, 2023 | Nature News
By Chelsea Jandreau, Nature Educator In most climates around the world and across the seasons, some variety of fungus is found, from those as big as your head to the microscopically small. Around here, those that prefer to grow directly from the ground are likely...
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