by auduboncnc | Jan 4, 2022 | Nature News, Winter
By Katie Finch Watching the birds at the birdfeeders has become a Sunday morning routine at my house. With the feeders fully stocked and coffee freshly poured, I sit at the dining room table and watch. Always a fan of lists, I’ve started jotting down the species I see...
by auduboncnc | Dec 14, 2021 | Winter
By Jeff Tome Do you ever wonder how we know what we know about animals? Take a simple topic like migration. Many people can tell you that birds migrate south for the winter, but what does that really mean? Where is this place called “south”? The answer is far more...
by auduboncnc | Dec 10, 2021 | Nature News, Winter
By Katie Finch I look out across the wetlands at Audubon for a moment. My first thought is how dull the landscape looks. What was a riot of sounds and a tangle of green in summer now looks still and bland. Of course, it is glorious with a blanket of fresh snow. But on...
by auduboncnc | Dec 3, 2021 | Uncategorized, Winter
By Sarah Hatfield When I think about winter, there are a number of images that come to mind. After I get done internally grumbling (for I hate being cold), I settle into a type of mental torpor and sense of peace and serenity. Silent, snow-covered landscapes,...
by auduboncnc | Nov 18, 2021 | Nature News, Winter
By Chelsea Jandreau I recently realized that I haven’t been outside in nature at night without the encumbrance of lights, cars and an abundance of people in some time. I haven’t been camping recently. I no longer lead night hikes, and I live in a place that is awash...
by auduboncnc | Mar 15, 2021 | Nature News, Spring, Winter
A flock of Red-winged Blackbirds arrived at the feeder. A grackle perched in a spectacular fashion in the sumac outside the office window at work. In the hour before dawn, the first woodcocks of the year were ‘peenting’ and whistling in the field above the pond. Hen...
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