Happy Birthday, Roger

Happy Birthday, Roger

By Jeff Tome When I first started working at Audubon, people often talked about how Roger would have loved this or that. They talked about his passion and support for Audubon, and how much they missed him. As a new employee, I assumed that they were talking about a...
Sassafras

Sassafras

By Emma Roth, Nature Educator We are in the throes of summer camp at Audubon Community Nature Center. As such, I have been spending a lot of my time outdoors. The past two weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to work with our two specialty camps: Into the Woods, where we...
Wildflowers love Hunters

Wildflowers love Hunters

Wildflowers love Hunters By Jeff Tome There is a trail in Crawford County, Pa that has an amazing number of wildflowers. I wish I knew the name of it, but can only ever remember what everyone I know calls it: “Rachel Lane”. My wife, the Rachel of Rachel Lane, hiked...
Wrong about Smells

Wrong about Smells

By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator The world is full of amazing things. Some things we understand, some we don’t, and some we think we understand until we discover otherwise. Somewhere, sometime, I picked up the “fact” that all birds lack a sense of smell. I’ve...
An Ode to Mud

An Ode to Mud

By Emma Roth, Nature Educator I get impatiently excited at this time of year as I eagerly await the arrival of my favorite season: spring. This year, however, I’m feeling somewhat disappointed. The Skunk Cabbage has started to bloom, and the Red-winged Blackbirds are...
Maple Musings

Maple Musings

By Sarah Hatfield, Education Coordinator I’m not sure if you’ve ever boiled maple sap down into syrup, but the process takes a while. At least it does in the old school way we do it (buckets, no reverse osmosis, wood fire). Depending on the amount of sap, anywhere...