by auduboncnc | Sep 3, 2025 | Nature News, Summer
By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator When I moved into my house, there were a few things the previous owners left behind. The highlights were a stack of manuals for every appliance in the house, 150 feet of hose, and a bird bath. Bird baths come in many shapes,...
by auduboncnc | Aug 28, 2025 | Nature News, Summer
By Charlotte Schmaltz, Nature Educator As late summer sets in, it is the perfect time to go outside and look for butterflies and moths. Butterflies can be found in open areas fluttering around near flowers. Worldwide there are an estimated 180,000 butterfly and moth...
by auduboncnc | Aug 20, 2025 | Nature News, Summer
By: Chelsea Jandreau, Senior Nature Educator The natural world is a multi-sensory experience if you allow it to be. Stand in a cool breeze, or find a warm patch of sunshine. Listen for birds calling and insects buzzing. Literally stop to smell the flowers. Not all of...
by auduboncnc | Aug 13, 2025 | Nature News, Summer
By Taylor Brennan, Nature Educator Summertime comes with lengthy days, warm sunshine, beach visits, and beautiful greenery in the forest. However, summertime also comes with mosquitos, biting flies, and other insects that we consider bothersome and can leave us with...
by auduboncnc | Aug 8, 2025 | Nature News, Summer
By Charlotte Schmaltz, Nature Educator Recently I heard the familiar “coo-oo, coo, coo” of a Mourning Dove and it got me thinking about how I used to believe it was an owl hooting (I always heard it as a “hoo” and not a “coo”). Although owls are usually nocturnal,...
by auduboncnc | Jul 23, 2025 | Nature News, Summer
By Charlotte Schmaltz, Nature Educator A flock of geese, a school of fish, a swarm of bugs… all three of these things have something in common. They are all groupings of animals and the names we use for them. Some of the more common grouping names are flocks, herds,...
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