Is there bad weather? People deal with the weather in many kinds of ways. Some people grumble. Others grouch about. Some are absurdly cheerful, no matter how cold and rainy it is. Some are simply practical about it. I would like to put myself in that practical category. I don’t like being ...

Audubon is home to a number of animal ambassadors. Most of these are well known to our visitors: birds of prey, snakes, turtles, fish, hellbenders, and an ancient one-eyed toad. These animals serve a valuable role at Audubon. They teach visitors about native species, various animal adaptations, ...

At Audubon Community Nature Center’s Dec. 2 First Friday Lunch Bunch, Emma Roth will present “Wondrous Rocks,” sharing her adventures and the often over-romanticized field of paleontology. A nature educator at Audubon, Roth has a degree from Smith College in Geological Sciences and ...

As I drove from downtown Jamestown towards my home, I was well aware of the potential obstacle I was about to face. It had been raining all day and quite heavily for the past few hours. My chosen path was leading me towards a wetland near the Chadakoin River. When it pours for a long period of ...

By SARAH HATFIELD Audubon Community Nature Center Education Coordinator We think of autumn as a time of harvest and brilliant color, a time when we can start to read more books and slow down and not feel so guilty doing so. Some might think of it as the ‘waiting room’ of the ...

As we all enjoy the beautiful fall mums we have purchased in our Garden Centers it is only natural that the thrifty among us would like to know if they can be planted in our gardens and enjoyed next fall. The simple answer is probably not. The mums purchased from our garden centers with their ...