by auduboncnc | Mar 30, 2021 | Nature News, Spring
At the junction of summer and fall, there is a month or so when the mucky fields of skunk cabbage that flourished and made the wetland floors verdant and lush seem to disappear entirely. However, if you look closely, you will begin to notice tiny purple-striped...
by auduboncnc | Mar 22, 2021 | Nature News, Spring
Several years ago I took my parents for a short walk in the woods. This was a couple years after they downsized from a house in the country to a smaller, more manageable home in a more developed area. My dad kept looking up at the trees and reveling in how huge they...
by auduboncnc | Mar 15, 2021 | Nature News, Spring, Winter
A flock of Red-winged Blackbirds arrived at the feeder. A grackle perched in a spectacular fashion in the sumac outside the office window at work. In the hour before dawn, the first woodcocks of the year were ‘peenting’ and whistling in the field above the pond. Hen...
by auduboncnc | Mar 9, 2021 | Nature News, Spring, Winter
Imagine two scenarios. Its spring and a group of young kids are outside with an adult leader. They had a lesson about animals that lay their eggs in water in the spring. They’ve learned about salamander, frog, and toad eggs and are now out to see if they can find any...
by auduboncnc | Feb 16, 2021 | Nature News, Spring, Winter
Something beneath my feet is stirring. If I stand still, and tilt my face toward the sun, there is a sensation of movement, of an ancient force awakening that triggers reactions by the thousands. I can feel it within myself as well, this unnamed presence that stirs...
by auduboncnc | Jun 8, 2020 | Nature News, Spring
A week or two ago, as I was on the phone with a friend, I began narrating the battle between starling, sparrow, and woodpecker for control over the suet feeder. It lasted only a minute before a Blue Jay came in to claim their prize, sending the others scattering. As I...
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