by Kim Turner | Aug 26, 2021 | Press Release, Summer
Jamestown, N.Y. – Audubon Community Nature Center’s (ACNC) Interactive Nature Sidewalk got spruced up this summer with help from a Projects Pool grant from the United Arts Appeal of Chautauqua County (UAA). To engage children along the path that leads from the...
by Kim Turner | Aug 23, 2021 | Nature News, Summer
Monarchs often fly like they have no idea what they are doing. They flutter up and down and move along in a quirky, unpredictable zig zag pattern, much like an untended toddler in the store. Their erratic flying makes them look drunk, but keeps them mostly safe from...
by Kim Turner | Aug 9, 2021 | Nature News, Summer
I recently spent some time with a delightful three-year-old. Among other things, she was entranced by the creepy crawlies – they were all bugs to her. Of course, I immediately found her a container for her insects and we became bug-hunting buddies. Grasshoppers and...
by Kim Turner | Aug 2, 2021 | Nature News, Summer
I recently stayed at a friend’s cabin perched just above a small lake in an area that defines “the middle of nowhere”. Much of the weekend centered around water activities – swimming, kayaking, fishing, and more. And...
by Kim Turner | Jul 26, 2021 | Nature News, Summer
Caterpillars are very good at two things. One is their near-miraculous ability to turn to goo inside a cocoon or chrysalis and emerge as a flying moth or butterfly days, weeks, or months later. The other thing is their amazing ability to quickly turn plants into...
by Kim Turner | Jul 19, 2021 | Nature News, Summer
Recently, I was talking to a friend and we ended up discussing the art museum she was visiting that weekend with another friend who had a membership there. Somewhere in this conversation she brought up a metaphor of sorts that was equally odd and fascinating. She made...
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