by auduboncnc | Jul 2, 2021 | Nature News
The skies were blue, but the gentle sound of pattering rain filled the forest where we were camping. This wasn’t the usual watery rain, but a steady rain of tiny bits of leaves and caterpillar poop raining down from the trees above. Caterpillar poop is known as frass,...
by auduboncnc | Jun 1, 2021 | Nature News, Spring, Summer
Imagine living your life curled up in a blanket surrounded by the dim glow of sun filtering in and the dark black of night for most of your existence. That is how I imagine the life of a giant silk moth to be. There are several kinds of silk moths that live around...
by auduboncnc | Mar 22, 2021 | Nature News, Spring
Several years ago I took my parents for a short walk in the woods. This was a couple years after they downsized from a house in the country to a smaller, more manageable home in a more developed area. My dad kept looking up at the trees and reveling in how huge they...
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...
by auduboncnc | Jan 25, 2021 | Nature News, Winter
Snow and cover are two words that often go hand in hand. Meteorologists produce snow cover maps. Cities with lots of snow take a perverse pride in having more snow falling on them than anywhere else, while bemoaning the huge amount of snow at the same time. Snow and...
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