An archive of all of the Naturalist Blog articles written by the Baltimore Woods education team
Week of January 12, 2025 – January 18, 2025 by Elizabeth Suzedell, Environmental Educator The past few winters in the Syracuse area haven’t been very snowy, but this winter has been feeling at least a little bit closer to normal. The Syracuse Hancock International Airport has had 44 inches of snow so far this season [...]
Week of January 5, 2025 – January 11, 2025 by Catherine McLaughlin, Environmental Educator The new year has already arrived? What happened? I feel like we just ended summer camp not long ago. But here we are, new day, new month, and a new year, and I have been planning my garden since… October for this [...]
Week of December 29, 2024 – January 4, 2025 by Anna Stunkel, Environmental Educator These days, the weather can be rainy and in the forties one minute and freezing cold and snowy the next! Constant snow cover isn’t a near guarantee the way it used to be in the winter, but we can still search for [...]
Week of December 22, 2024 – December 28, 2024 by Elizabeth Suzedell, Environmental Educator How have you used water today? Maybe it was to wash your hands, brush your teeth, do the dishes, or fill your water bottle. Our water usage seems to be taken up by mostly mundane tasks, but its importance to our lives [...]
Week of December 15, 2024 – December 21, 2024 by Kaylen Iorio, Environmental Educator As an Environmental Educator, questions hurtle towards you from every direction. Whether that be during a school field trip at Baltimore Woods, in a classroom during Nature in the City, or even over the Nature Center’s phone, people are very curious and always [...]
Week of December 8, 2024 – December 14, 2024 by Catherine McLaughlin, Environmental Educator Snow is falling, friends and family are asking what holiday plans are, and I have no clue what is happening. Sounds like it’s December to me. This season has seemed to run full force into my life this year with no warning. [...]
Week of December 1, 2024 – December 7, 2024 by Anna Stunkel, Environmental Educator When you drive through the Montezuma Wildlife Drive, partway down there is a massive dead tree snag where birds often perch. Almost every time that I pass it I see at least one bird sitting there– an Osprey eating a fish, a [...]
Week of November 24, 2024 – November 30, 2024 by Kaylen Iorio, Environmental Educator This time of year I admire the groups of birds gathering together to embark on their journey of migration. I like to think that on this journey, these birds traveling together become lifelong companions. Chatting as they fly to their location to [...]
Week of November 17, 2024 – November 23, 2024 by Elizabeth Suzedell, Environmental Educator “What’s a fancy word for rain and snow?” This is a question I’ve been asking a lot recently to the Syracuse 3rd graders during their first Nature in the City lesson of the year. The answer is “precipitation.” In this lesson, they learn a [...]
Week of November 10, 2024 – November 16, 2024 by Catherine McLaughlin, Environmental Educator Do you have a calendar? Not the calendar we typically use with days of the week and holidays to keep track of the time passing, but one in tune with nature’s cycles? I do. One of those natural moments that I appreciate [...]
