The Birds

The Birds

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...
Black Birders Week

Black Birders Week

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...
September Perfection by Sarah Hatfield

September Perfection by Sarah Hatfield

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...
Change of Perspective by Katie Finch

Change of Perspective by Katie Finch

I recently road my bike to work. I pedaled along some of the same roads that I usually drive. Riding a bike is a constant change of view. Down at the road. Up at eye level. Through the rearview mirror. Am I going to run over anything? What’s ahead of me? What’s behind...
Audubon Has New Hellbender Exhibit

Audubon Has New Hellbender Exhibit

Jamestown, N.Y. – Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC) has added new and unusual creatures to its menagerie of education animals that you can visit. A pair of Eastern Hellbenders, a species of giant aquatic salamander, have joined the fish, turtles, frogs, snakes,...