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Natural Events March: Beginning in March, the alternating pattern of freezing nights and sunny thawing days cause sap to rise in sugar maple trees.  Red squirrels know the sugar maple’s sweet secret…look for their teeth marks in the bark. During the second week of March, migratory birds are returning.  Look for Canada geese, blackbirds, bluebirds,…

Natural Events December: Animals have many adaptations to survive the winter.  Some, like weasels and snow shoe hares, have white fur to act as camouflage in the snow.  Ruffed grouse bury into deep snow to stay warm. “False hibernators” like skunks, raccoons, and black bears enter into a shallow winter sleep.  They maintain a nearly…

Natural Events September: The beginning of fall triggers the migration of warblers, vireos, thrushes, and other songbirds to their tropical winter destinations — Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Islands. As September continues, the raptors join the migrating birds. Thousands of broad-winged hawks, eagles, and other birds of prey head south for the…

Natural Events June: During the first week of June, look for painted turtles and snapping turtles that have left the water to dig their nests and lay eggs.  Many of the eggs are dug up by predators. Mountain laurel blooms of pink and white flowers appear in the well-drained soils of woodlands, just before the…

Seasonal Highlights A Sense of Place… “There is a great deal of talk these days about saving the environment.  We must…for the environment sustains our bodies.  But as humans we also require support for our spirits … and this is what certain kinds of places provide. The catalyst that converts any physical location – any…