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In Community
As I gave more thought to how to live and grow with another human, I also found myself drawn to partnerships and communities in the natural world too. On a walk along Chautauqua Lake, I looked through the lens of connection.
Monarchs in Trouble
It is not really news that Monarch butterflies are in trouble. Their numbers have been dropping steadily for the last twenty or more years. Last week, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature put the Monarch on their red list of species that are endangered. This holds no legal protections or incentives to help the Monarch, but it shows that scientists are justifiably worried.
Through a Butterflies’ Eyes
It’s weird to look at the world as if you depended on flowers for survival. I decided to look in my neighborhood for color. Walking up and down my street, there wasn’t a lot to choose from. There is a dense patch of color in front of my house, where the coneflowers and butterflyweed are in bloom. There was another dense patch of color up the street, where another neighbor has coneflowers and Black-eyed Susans in bloom, but most of the area was green.
Entrance to the Underground
snakes lack the claws and paws required to dig holes you might find in the hard-packed soil. Those holes usually have a different origin
The Sun
Fairytale author, Hans Christian Andersen wrote, “The whole world is a series of miracles, but we’re so used to them that we call them everyday things”. In a park on a summer day, I looked at the ordinary things around me and tried to think about at least one of them as a miracle.
I settled on the sun. Nothing defines summer more than the sun. Driving the rhythms of our life, it rises early and sets late. It is what we both bask in and screen ourselves from. The tilt of the earth toward and away from the sun creates the seasons. It is certainly an everyday thing. But how about miraculous?
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Address
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
David Campbell
Sue and Bill Chandler
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 Group
Curt and Susie Westrom
Whirley-DrinkWorks!
Jeanne Wiebenga and Jane Stirniman
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