Join an Audubon educator to learn all about owls at Audubon Community Nature Center’s newest monthly program, Natural Investigators. Adults and 8 to 12-year-old(s) can learn about owls from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28. Owls are rarely seen during the day and often are only heard at ...

Let’s take a tour of my desk at work! You’re thinking, “this is a strange topic and sounds boring.” Perhaps! You’ll have to read on to find out. But it was my turn to write the article and I forgot, and this is what my brain can do today. As a preface, I’ve worked at Audubon for a ...

For each season of the year, there is an activity that embodies how that season makes me feel. Something small that happens naturally every year. In the spring, I open my window and take a deep breath, smelling that distinctive spring smell. In the summer, I walk into the refreshing shade of a ...

If someone were to ask what animals you find near your home or in your neighborhood, what comes to mind? I live near a lake and with that comes a rotating batch of waterfowl and other birds. The geese and ducks fluctuate in number as the seasons change. The occasional osprey or hawk makes an ...

A blur of blue flashed out of the corner of my eye on a rural road in Pennsylvania: bluebird. A flash of white as motion disappears into the hemlocks: junco. A sand-brown explosion comes from the gravel on the side of the road: doves. These are the bird sightings that I don’t even think ...

I recently moved into a new house. Big changes like that bring turbulence to the routines of life, but things slowly start to settle into place again. Now it is starting to feel less strange and more comfortable, more like my own. In this time of settling down, I look around at my new space, ...