by auduboncnc | Jun 27, 2017 | Nature News, Summer
It was a perfect spring day, with sparkling sunlight and a hint of a breeze. I was out in the woods, binoculars in hand, watching birds on a count day. There are several times a year when birding organizations ask volunteers to take to the fields, waters and woods and...
by auduboncnc | Jun 26, 2017 | Nature News, Summer
I love gardens. Formal gardens. Wild gardens. Flower gardens. Vegetable gardens. Elaborate gardens. Simple gardens. Monochromatic or colorful. Cozy or sprawling. Sunny or shady. Each with its own personality, each with its own effect on my senses and my psyche. Sadly,...
by auduboncnc | Jun 14, 2017 | Nature News, Summer
I always wanted to make a nature crayon series. The array of hues that color our world is inspiring and perhaps infinite. Often we don’t realize that, or even teach it. I hear myself saying as I teach kids “What colors can you see in that?” and their answers are red,...
by auduboncnc | Apr 24, 2017 | Nature News, Summer
People who identify birds by song always seemed to inhabit a different world from me. While I tried to see field marks, watching for a white ring around the eye or a yellow patch on the butt of a bird, these people would be shouting out things like “Chestnut-sided...
by auduboncnc | Feb 9, 2017 | Program, Summer
Jamestown, NY – Maybe it’s because registration is simpler. Maybe it’s because you have to register early to be able to buy a t-shirt. Or maybe it’s because they’re just so much fun that some Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC) Day Camps for next summer are already...
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