With luck, you might find some time on a warm, calm evening to watch the world welcome the autumn season. I was recently able to sit for a while along the river, looking and listening as the light began to … Continue reading
Nancy Nabak
There’s a special feeling when the coolness of early September arrives. It’s not quite fall yet, but the air tells you differently. And so does the night sky. The early sunset and cool evenings slow things down. It’s the perfect … Continue reading
by Nancy Nabak, Communications Coordinator William Shakespeare said, “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” Well, last night Jim Knickelbine, Executive Director of Woodland Dunes, and his wife Sue, plus six staff members and hundreds of other local … Continue reading
Ripples by Nancy Nabak, Communications Coordinator Last night I dreamt my birding friend said he’d found a “Level-headed-arrow-back” duck. What in the world? Truly, such a duck does not exist. I’m pretty sure it came from the fact that I … Continue reading
Ripples from the Dunes by Kennedy Zittel, Naturalist The other week some of our staff went out to part of our preserve to spread some culver’s root seeds in a prairie where the rusty-patched bumble bee has been spotted. It … Continue reading