Summer Vacation by Sarah Hatfield

Summer Vacation by Sarah Hatfield

As a child, summer vacation meant no classrooms and often, no walls. The world was like a blank book, open to a page where you could write that day’s adventure as you lived it. I remember bike rides down to the creek, bike convoys down to the tennis courts, or magical...
Backpacking by Katie Finch

Backpacking by Katie Finch

As a Senior Nature Educator at at Audubon, I work with kids often. And I hear them say some pretty cool things. I enjoy hearing comments about how cool nature is or about learning something new. But a child saying “I didn’t think I could do that” is my most favorite...
Landscape Stories by Sarah Hatfield

Landscape Stories by Sarah Hatfield

When I drive back and forth to my parent’s house in North East, I pass an old homestead on the ridge. Now, all that remains are old trees, roughly in the shape of a square. When I was growing up there, a house and barn were part of the footprint. Now the trees stand...
The Moment I Knew by Margaret Foley

The Moment I Knew by Margaret Foley

There are some people that can remember the exact moment they knew what they were going to do with the rest their life. Me, I think I’m one of those people. I remember the exact moment I knew I was meant to be a naturalist. Growing up my sister, Clare, and I spent a...
Clouds by Katie Finch

Clouds by Katie Finch

We talk about nature quite a bit at Audubon. But what is included in that broad category? Obviously plants and animals that live on this planet — trees and flowers, insects and birds. It could also include a whole array of non-living materials and systems that support...