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...
by auduboncnc | Mar 9, 2021 | Nature News, Spring, Winter
Imagine two scenarios. Its spring and a group of young kids are outside with an adult leader. They had a lesson about animals that lay their eggs in water in the spring. They’ve learned about salamander, frog, and toad eggs and are now out to see if they can find any...
by auduboncnc | Mar 1, 2021 | Nature News, Winter
Cycles and patterns are abundant in nature. Every year flowers die and new ones burst forth when the conditions are right, thousands of leaves fall off trees only to regrow the following year and many birds, bats, and butterflies migrate south for the winter and...
by auduboncnc | Feb 22, 2021 | Nature News, Winter
There is a famous quote from Lord Tennyson about nature being “red in tooth and claw”. The phrase creates this image of nature as a place where you either eat or are eaten. There is an easily recognizable truth in that statement that is easy to see. We watch animals...
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