A guide to nature journaling
onTo be a naturalist or an artist—or of course both, like Clay Anderson—requires paying attention; to the world around you and how you respond to it. Nature journaling is one of the ways you can do that.
To be a naturalist or an artist—or of course both, like Clay Anderson—requires paying attention; to the world around you and how you respond to it. Nature journaling is one of the ways you can do that.
Of all the plants and animals that occupy the coast redwood ecosystem, among the more fascinating is the marbled murrelet, a brown and white seabird that’s a little bigger than a robin. This otherwise nondescript bird – called “fog larks” …
The recent winner of our photo contest photographed a barred owl sitting on the branch of a redwood tree – an image difficult to capture as owls are more often heard than seen. But this image raises the question of …
In the gray-green dim of the redwood forest, a flash of blue ignites the dusky understory. A Steller’s jay alights upon a tanoak limb, chattering madly. The brightness of its feathers seems incongruous with the dark of the forest, a …
Audubon Magazine (March-April 2013 issue) reminds us “Why Birds Matter.” Of course birds have intrinsic value: to watch an eagle in flight is a thrill; to hear the whistle-like song of a marbled murrelet echo through the dark forest is …