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A Common Starling

A Common Starling

By Chelsea Jandreau, Nature Educator You can find birds living just about anywhere if you stop to look around for a bit, but in most cases the actual breakdown of species is going to look different in an urban area than it is in a nature preserve, rural area, or even...

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Seeds

Seeds

For now, most seeds are closed-up in their seed coat. It’s their armor against the cold and biting world. When triggered by warmth or light, they take their one and only chance and open. They become vulnerable, for a seed cannot become great by staying closed in. It must reach out. It must send a delicate root in search of a drink. It must send its one shoot skyward. Leaves emerge and roots grow long to begin their life-long process of turning non-living components of our world into themselves.

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A Moth’s View of Time

A Moth’s View of Time

By Jeff Tome, Public Engagement Specialist Time flies when you are having fun, but how does a moth feel about time? These are the thoughts that wake me up in the middle of the night and make me think (and have bizarre dreams).  What does a moth notice about time?...

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The Importance of Friendships

The Importance of Friendships

There are many types of relationships in the natural world that serve all sorts of purposes, just like in the human world. Today I would like to honor the friendships found in nature, mutually beneficial relationships in which plants, animals, and other organisms work together and support each other for communal benefit.

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In Defense of Rodents

In Defense of Rodents

hey are fuzzy and cute, and on average have a larger body size than many other animals. If I asked you, without any context, to make a list of animals that live in the habitats closest to you, what would you come up with first? There are a few who will start off with birds or bugs, but for many people that list begins with deer, foxes, bears and other large mammals. However, by the numbers, over half of those are actually rodents or bats.

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Do the Great Backyard Bird Count

Do the Great Backyard Bird Count

By Craig Thompson Let’s be honest, mid-February is an absolutely lousy time to ask people to count birds, but that is exactly what the National Audubon Society and Cornell Lab of Ornithology ask people to do. The weather is often intolerably cold, for people and for...

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    Audubon Community Nature Center
    1600 Riverside Road
    Jamestown, NY 14701

    (716) 569-2345
    info@auduboncnc.org

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    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

    Click here for holiday closings

    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

     

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