Children’s adventures as wildlife detectives learning about animals and wildlife in their natural habitats. Following animal tracks or finding out facts about diverse creatures from bugs to deer to rabbits.
We’re going on a salamander hunt. We’re going to catch a Spotted one. We’re going to catch an Eastern Tiger one. What a beautiful night! We’re not scared. During the day trees reflect quietly in this vernal pool in the midst of the woods. In the summer it dries and disappears. But after a winter of […]
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We took advantage of the school holiday break this week to visit and walk in some nature preserves. And to see up close some of the creatures who find sanctuary within them. I explained to my children that these places were nature’s caretakers. All we needed were snowsuits, winter boots and a camera. I couldn’t
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The arrival of winter meant we could take our children to the seal haul out site in Montauk. When my daughter asked if she could pet them and my son said he’d bring a ball for a seal to play on its nose, I knew it was time for them to observe seals in their natural
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Home from school for the Thanksgiving break, on a chilly but sunny day, I took my two to the Morton National Wildlife Refuge. Instead of feeding the ducks in the pond at the end of our road, we went and fed wild birds from our hands. We filled two bags up with seeds and nuts
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We visited the magical world of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina while on the road with our kids. We bought entrance tickets at the gate but this was no theme park. This is a real mountain that dates back over a billion years. The legendary American frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734-1820) once hunted among its rocks. We
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My son is wild about snakes. I’m the opposite. His continual requests for a real snake as a pet are turned down by me. But Theo is thrilled as in this past week alone he has held a real snake twice. Yesterday he held a corn snake at a small zoo near his grandparents’ home
