While walking on Audubon’s trails, which I often do with a friend who is very familiar with mushrooms, she casually mentioned something that has changed my view on autumn. Crouched down on her knees getting a closer look at a growing mushroom, she said: “You know, this is the best time to ...

When I moved into my house, there were a few things the previous owners left behind. The highlights were a stack of manuals for every appliance in the house, 150 feet of hose, and a bird bath. Bird baths come in many shapes, sizes, and designs. The one I acquired is a shallow, concrete bowl ...

As late summer sets in, it is the perfect time to go outside and look for butterflies and moths. Butterflies can be found in open areas fluttering around near flowers. Worldwide there are an estimated 180,000 butterfly and moth species but even here at Audubon you can find a wide diversity of ...

The natural world is a multi-sensory experience if you allow it to be. Stand in a cool breeze, or find a warm patch of sunshine. Listen for birds calling and insects buzzing. Literally stop to smell the flowers. Not all of them smell fantastic actually, but sometimes that unpleasant smell also ...

Summertime comes with lengthy days, warm sunshine, beach visits, and beautiful greenery in the forest. However, summertime also comes with mosquitos, biting flies, and other insects that we consider bothersome and can leave us with red itchy splotches on our skin. To combat the irksome ...

Recently I heard the familiar “coo-oo, coo, coo” of a Mourning Dove and it got me thinking about how I used to believe it was an owl hooting (I always heard it as a “hoo” and not a “coo”). Although owls are usually nocturnal, meaning they are not awake during the day, it sounded ...