by auduboncnc | May 13, 2022 | Nature News, Spring
By Sarah Hatfield We were supposed to be planting trees. Three Black Gum trees have been patiently (or frustratingly – its hard to tell with trees) waiting in their pots all winter, eager to spread their roots. We were deciding on spots and talking it over and then I...
by auduboncnc | May 5, 2022 | Event, Nature News, Spring
By Jeff Tome There are people who fanatically like birds and the challenge of identifying them. These people are called birders. Birders are distinctly different from bird watchers, but that’s for a different article. Birders are a close-knit tribe of enthusiastic,...
by auduboncnc | Apr 21, 2022 | Nature News, Spring
By Emma Roth Robins aren’t always thought of as a very exciting or interesting bird. They are easy to find and identify, often spending time in backyards scratching at the ground for worms. I have a bit of a soft spot for robins. They are one of the birds I can...
by auduboncnc | Apr 14, 2022 | Nature News, Spring
By Katie Finch Recently, I heard about an uncommon bird nesting in a forest near my house. With a little information from someone who found it, I went out to try to spot it. But I was left with more questions than bird sightings. How, in acres and acres of forest, did...
by auduboncnc | Apr 4, 2022 | Nature News, Spring, Volunteer
Starting just about now, the landscape begins to change dramatically from week to week. You walk the same trails, but new things emerge and appear. The spring season is a naturalist’s crunch time – there is so much to learn in such a short span. That little plant you...
by auduboncnc | Apr 1, 2022 | Spring
By Jeff Tome The owl hooted as soon as I pulled the last plug and the landscape around me plunged into darkness. It was an eerie, high pitched sound that would have terrified me when I was a child. The dark is now an old friend that rarely frightens me, but as a child...
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