by auduboncnc | Jun 25, 2024 | Nature News, Summer
By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator I often write or talk about the wonder and beauty of nature. But nature can also be uncomfortable and risky. Dangers that first come to mind may be large predators such as bears and mountain lions. But it’s the little things that...
by Kim Turner | Jun 17, 2024 | Nature News, Spring, Summer
By Emma Roth. Baby birds on the ground, turtles in the road, and fawns seemingly abandoned by their mothers. It is that time of year when all sorts of wildlife seems in desperate need of our help. But do they really need us? Most of the time, the answer is easy: no....
by auduboncnc | Jun 5, 2024 | Nature News, Summer
By Chelsea Jandreau The grasses, ferns, and flowers have really hit their stride and they are continuing to grow taller as we head into summer. As I was out with a group of sixth graders on a field trip to Audubon, one of the students commented offhand that the plants...
by auduboncnc | Aug 2, 2023 | Nature News, Summer
By Chelsea Jandreau Several years ago, I interned at an outdoor school in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Like much of California, it tended to be dry for most of the year, with a somewhat wetter late winter and early spring. While there, I...
by auduboncnc | Aug 2, 2023 | Nature News, Summer
By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator How many times in a summer have you said something like, “There’s so much to do. The summer is too short. I’m so busy.”? I find myself saying that a lot recently, yet my idea of summer is that it is...
by auduboncnc | Jul 6, 2023 | Nature News, Summer
By Chelsea Jandreau Many of the summer insects we see do not suddenly appear as the fully formed adult versions we are likely to casually encounter. These insects, along with many amphibians and a few other animals, have life cycles that require us to look in an...
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