by auduboncnc | Jan 17, 2017 | Nature News, Winter
The recent flooding at the Audubon Community Nature Center provided a rare opportunity. With water a foot deep on many parts of the property, wildlife became concentrated on the high parts of the forest. Many animals had nowhere else to go without swimming, so I took...
by auduboncnc | Jan 10, 2017 | Nature News, Winter
On a recent drive across the long stretch of I-86 in southern New York State I started counting. After four hours I counted six. Some were on telephone poles, some on trees and one I witnessed swooping down to, I can only assume, catch a rodent. I was pretty...
by auduboncnc | Jan 9, 2017 | Nature News, Winter
Winter is of the season when many prefer to hibernate and stay indoors for long periods of time, due to the cold, snowy weather. Seldom do many of us even think about venturing outside for a winter hike or walk in the woods. So we prefer to lock ourselves in to our...
by auduboncnc | Dec 28, 2016 | Nature News, Winter
Today you are as old as you have ever been. Today, you are as young as you will ever be again. Those of a classic optimistic mindset will likely choose the latter sentiment. For those that carry with them the haze of pessimism the former will ring more true. Or...
by auduboncnc | Dec 27, 2016 | Nature News, Winter
There are some nature facts that people recite by rote. Things like “Birds go south in the winter.” and “Birds migrate to warmer places to spend the winter.” These facts have been repeated so often that they are taken for granted. In fact, they are mostly true, but...
by auduboncnc | Dec 13, 2016 | Nature News, Winter
After the glorious warm fall colors and before the white blanket of freshly fallen snow our landscape in western New York and Pennsylvania appears very drab. Even after the blanket of snow loses its freshness, the natural world seems full of grays and browns and more...
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