by auduboncnc | Jul 29, 2022 | Nature News, Summer
By Jeff Tome Shoes and I have a complicated relationship. I love them in the cold months when they protect me from the cold ground and snow, but cannot wait to be barefoot in the summertime. Shoes are the first thing that come off when I come home in the afternoon and...
by auduboncnc | Jul 11, 2022 | Summer
By Katie Finch Fairytale author, Hans Christian Andersen wrote, “The whole world is a series of miracles, but we’re so used to them that we call them everyday things”. In a park on a summer day, I looked at the ordinary things around me and tried to think about at...
by auduboncnc | Jul 6, 2022 | Nature News, Summer
By Emma Roth Here at Audubon, we recently wrapped up our Discovery Walk season, when elementary school students visit us for guided walks along our trails. During these walks, we let the students decide what they will learn about based on their discoveries and...
by auduboncnc | Jun 27, 2022 | Nature News, Summer
By Jeff Tome The birds have taken over the porch, not through dive bombing us or whitewashing the deck, but by the sheer force of their presence. It all started with a fern in a hanging basket that my wife got for Mother’s Day. Soon after, the House Finches started to...
by auduboncnc | May 26, 2022 | Event, Summer
By Willow Fodor, ACNC Board Member Several years ago, I took my two boys to a bird banding program at Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC). We walked into the woods where a net was set up to catch birds. As we approached, we saw several birds struggling in the light...
by Kim Turner | Sep 7, 2021 | Fall, Nature News, Summer
There is a day in September when everything is perfect. I don’t mean “perfect” in the unattainable sense. I mean it in the sense when every single sound and smell and happening and color and touch uniquely match the vacancies in your soul. For me, it is always...
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