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Night transforms the Forest
By Emma Roth, Nature Educator In mid-April, I took a trip to visit my old stomping grounds in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania. There, I met up with former coworkers-turned-friends for a weekend in the woods. The education center we used to work at, and where we...
Making Nature Memories
As with much of our knowledge and skills, you forget it if it is not used. Repetition and connection help the facts stick with you. This is partially why I often struggle with identification and remembering what an individual tree, flower or insect is called. I have never been someone who can just be told a name and remember it for very long. There were times in my schooling when I was required to memorize large amounts of terms, concepts, or even just a massive list of scientific names. I would remember those things for the duration of the class, but unless I loved every bit of what I was learning, those facts tended to blur and fade.
Nature in the City
As I excitedly observed birds, others park visitors walked by unaware of the creatures living out their life above. This knowledge felt like a secret. Part of me loved having this secret. There was pride and gratitude at having made this discovery. There was a feeling of exclusiveness of knowing something that others didn’t know. But a larger part of me wanted to shout this from the rooftops for all to se. There was an entire colony of birds, not just perching for a moment but taking shelter, feeding, nesting, and raising young among this heavily human-built landscape.
Wildflowers love Hunters
The deer population at Rachel Lane has soared. The wildflowers were decimated. Our hikes once wound through areas where there were trillium blooming as far as you could see. Trilliums are one of the first plants to go when the deer population gets high. The deer eat them to the ground. The trillium there aren’t dead yet, but they have stopped blooming and get smaller every year.
Thunderstorms
By Emma Roth Spring is finally here, and like the old saying goes: April showers bring May flowers. Well, this April, nature has decided to forgo simple showers and go full force with storms. Thunder, lightning, hail, wind. The weather has been a force to be reckoned...
A Reason to Bird
On birding: looking for something small, moving, and most likely brown and far away with people who knew more than me was not on my list of exciting outdoor adventures. However, with more knowledge, maturity, and generous help from birders I’ve met here, I’ve grown to appreciate and want to know our feathered friends.
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Audubon Community Nature Center
1600 Riverside Road
Jamestown, NY 14701
(716) 569-2345
info@auduboncnc.org
Hours and Admission
Nature Center Hours:
Monday - Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday
1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Building Admission:
Members - Free
Non-member Adult (ages 16+) - $6
Non-member Child (ages 3 - 15) - $2
Children ages 2 and under - Free
Maximum cost for a Family - $15
Free admission to the Nature Center for SNAP/EBT cardholders.
Free admission for all on Sundays
Grounds and Outdoor Exhibits:
Open daily, year round from dawn to dusk free of charge
Thank you, Community Partners
Audubon Community Partners make a significant financial contribution each year because they believe that every child deserves the opportunity to have a real and healthy connection to nature.
Bruce and Juline Battler
Carnahan-Jackson Foundation
Chautauqua Region Community Foundation
Donna and Mark Hampton
Holmberg Foundation
Hultquist Foundation
Jessie Smith Darrah Fund
The Lenna Foundation
The Ralph C. Sheldon Foundation
Hal and Mary Conarro
Cummins Jamestown Engine Plant
Bob and Kathy Frucella
Kravitz Tree Service
Thomas Kuntz and Meredith Kuntz
Doug and Lamae McCullor
National Fuel Gas Company
Southern Chautauqua
Federal Credit Union
Weinberg Financial GroupCurt and Susie Westrom
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