Nature News
Kettles Full of Hawks
Autumn is the perfect time to look up and appreciate the creatures above us who have been triggered by the colder temperatures and shorter days to do the seemingly impossible: fly thousands of miles to a new land with no guarantee of good weather, rest, or food along the way. October 12 marked the 25th annual International Migratory Bird Day, a celebration meant to further migratory bird conservation by centering a worldwide campaign around the world's major migratory bird corridors.
Small, Slimy Signs of Spring
The start of spring brings swaths of yellow to the Nature Center--daffodils, forsythia, and the intrusively ubiquitous celandine all are in glorious bloom. Also, highly anticipated in the spring is the revival of Nanderwhere Pond, the Nature Center's largest standing body of water. Despite its surface stillness, the pond begins to seethe with internal life as the months get warmer.