An archive of all of the Naturalist Blog articles written by the Baltimore Woods education team
Week of October 20, 2024 – October 26, 2024 by Elizabeth Suzedell, Environmental Educator Did you see the northern lights last week? Until this year, I always thought I’d have to go to Alaska to see them. We’ve had several solar storms over the past few months that were strong enough to produce auroras at our [...]
Week of October 13, 2024 – October 19, 2024 by Katie McLaughlin, Environmental Educator Let your imagination run wild! … but how do we do that? It all starts while we are young, as our little minds are trying to figure out the world and how it works. We mimic what we know and observe in [...]
Week of October 6, 2024 – October 12, 2024 by Anna Stunkel, Environmental Educator Both spring and fall are exciting transitional times in the natural world around us. Here at Baltimore Woods, I always look forward to the arrival of fifth graders from the Syracuse City School District for their Ecosystem Exploration field trip. For many [...]
Week of September 29, 2024 – October 5, 2024 by Kaylen Iorio, Environmental Educator One of my favorite things to do while exploring nature is to look around for animal tracks; the evidence of animals is all around us… if we know where to look! We don’t always need to see animals to know they have [...]
Week of September 22, 2024 – September 28, 2024 by Elizabeth Suzedell, Environmental Educator Did you know that we now have a weather station at Baltimore Woods? A weather station is a collection of instruments that measure atmospheric conditions, or more simply, the weather. Our new station was installed earlier this month with the help of [...]
Week of September 15, 2024 – September 21, 2024 by Catherine McLaughlin, Environmental Educator I was the child who had those glowing stars on their ceiling as a kid because I am a little afraid of the dark. However this fact did not stop me from exploring the night. During those warm rainy nights in early [...]
Week of September 8, 2024 – September 14, 2024 by Katie Robideau, School Programs Manager As a child, I always recognized the late summer insect “symphony” as the return to school and a sign that fall was well on the way. I remember associating these sounds with the fear of starting a new school year, joining [...]
Week of September 1, 2024 – September 7, 2024 by Anna Stunkel, Environmental Educator Lately, summer has been winding down and making way for fall to begin. Katydids are becoming quieter and slower with their nighttime songs, the air is cooler, and leaves are even beginning to change to flaming colors of red, orange, and yellow. [...]
Week of August 25, 2024 – August 31, 2024 by Elizabeth Suzedell, Environmental Educator Have you seen a cottontail rabbit lately? I feel like I have been seeing them everywhere this summer- in the garden, in peoples’ yards as I walk around town, and foraging along the edges of the fields here at Baltimore Woods. Several [...]
Week of August 18, 2024 – August 24, 2024 by Anna Stunkel, Environmental Educator On the cool summer nights that we’ve been having lately, I’ve found the sounds of nocturnal nature to be very calming. It’s been a great year for katydids and crickets chorusing among the trees and shrubs. If I’m lucky and listen really [...]
