It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. This is a tale of two forests, one with too many deer and one without. Interestingly enough, both of these forests are at the Audubon Community Nature Center. Around 10 years ago, Audubon volunteers installed an eight-foot high fence ...

Though it’s OK to feed wild birds year round, many people prefer to feed only during the colder months. The colder months are here, so let’s review the best foods to offer backyard birds. Sunflower Seeds. Black-oil sunflowers seeds are the best single food for wild birds. These small, ...

Another important goal in improving Chautauqua Lake water quality has been met. Recent sampling results confirm that the upgraded North Chautauqua Lake Sewer District wastewater treatment plant is successfully meeting the new, and more stringent, New York State Department of Environmental ...

The mama hen with her seven peeps let’s out a low growl and they all freeze, some of them mid-step. Mom continues to growl as I look around thinking “cat, dog, or hawk?” but see nothing. Three minutes pass, no motion. Finally, I continue with my task of filling birdfeeders and that ...

My father has been gone for 40 Octobers, a victim of the cigarettes that hooked him while he served and earned a Purple Heart in World War II. Memories of the times we spent in the woods and walking country roads may explain why October remains one of my favorite months. He set me on a path ...

“The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.” Carl Sagan, 1934-1996 Mercury passes between the Earth and sun during November and the little planet cannot be viewed because of the solar glare. As November begins, brilliant ...