Winged Wonders: A Winter Birding Quest
By: Chelsea Cozad, AmeriCorps Naturalist Note: This blog started as a list-formatted guide to birding in Iowa during the winter. … Continue reading Winged Wonders: A Winter Birding Quest
By: Chelsea Cozad, AmeriCorps Naturalist Note: This blog started as a list-formatted guide to birding in Iowa during the winter. … Continue reading Winged Wonders: A Winter Birding Quest
By: Chelsea Cozad, JCC AmeriCorps Naturalist Imagine this scenario: You are outdoors, walking down a path paved by prairie on … Continue reading Insect Investigation: Five Galls Found in Johnson County
By: Frances Owen, JCC Naturalist Pollinator week may be past (June 21st-June 27th) but we think it’s always a great … Continue reading A Solitary Bee Hotel Update
By: Frances Owen, JCC Naturalist Many people are familiar with hunting for morels, picking raspberries or apples, and only think … Continue reading Winter Foraging Hike at Cangleska Wakan
By: Caleigh Stanier, JCC Naturalist Intern The July prairie is full of treasures. However, a harsh and sometimes unforgiving summer … Continue reading A July Prairie Hike
Scientific Name: Callosamia promethea Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mandibulata Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Saturniidae (Silk moths) Genus: Callosamia We have caterpillars … Continue reading Promethea Moth
By: Kristen Morrow, JCC Naturalist People tend to have pretty passionate feelings regarding snakes. They either absolutely despise them and … Continue reading Inspiring Snake Curiosity Over Fear
By: Kristen Morrow, JCC Naturalist “What happens when a tree falls down in a forest?” “It gets turned into paper!” … Continue reading Home Nature Activities: The Rotten Log
By: Kristen Morrow, JCC Naturalist While out walking my dog around my Iowa City neighborhood last weekend, I stopped to … Continue reading Spring Awakening: Our Backyard Bees