by auduboncnc | Jun 8, 2021 | Nature News, Spring, Summer
I’ve found entertainment in my yard in the past few weeks. I’ve been watching Black-capped Chickadees nesting in a dead tree. The tree they chose is a large Sugar Maple, whose top fell over in a storm seven years ago. The top has been cut and burned in the campfire or...
by auduboncnc | Jun 1, 2021 | Nature News, Spring, Summer
Imagine living your life curled up in a blanket surrounded by the dim glow of sun filtering in and the dark black of night for most of your existence. That is how I imagine the life of a giant silk moth to be. There are several kinds of silk moths that live around...
by auduboncnc | Sep 22, 2020 | Nature News, Summer
I’ve been thinking about Monarchs recently. Now, in the end of September, most are well into their journey south. Should the butterflies avoid all the hazards of their long journey, they will overwinter in the mountain fir forests in Mexico. We may see a handful of...
by auduboncnc | Sep 8, 2020 | Nature News, Summer
If you have never felt lost in the woods, the first time you look up and realize that you are not one hundred percent certain you know how to get back on track can be unnerving. Honestly, even if you have felt lost in the woods, however temporarily, it is still...
by auduboncnc | Sep 5, 2020 | Press Release, Summer
Jamestown, N.Y. – “Bone Deep” is the topic for Little Explorers at Audubon Community Nature Center on Saturday, September 12, 2020, 10-11:30 a.m. A vertebrate is any animal with a backbone, and there are vertebrates of all shapes and sizes found around Audubon....
by auduboncnc | Sep 4, 2020 | Nature News, Summer
Wandering around, fruitlessly looking for elderberries that the birds had missed (I don’t really know what I was thinking other than I wanted an excuse to take a walk…), we started surveying the apple trees. There weren’t, of course, any elderberries. Many of the...
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