Nature on the Brink Blog
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Find your next small action.
Explore native plants, meet the wildlife around you, and find everyday ways to care for nature—from outdoor challenges to stories of conservation.
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🐦 Explore Outdoors: Go on a Bird Listening Walk! 🎶
Read story →: 🐦 Explore Outdoors: Go on a Bird Listening Walk! 🎶How many birds can you discover without ever seeing them? This week’s Explore Outdoors Challenge is to take a bird listening walk. Head outside in the early morning or evening, leave the…
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🌎🔎 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌿🐝
Read story →: 🌎🔎 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌿🐝You’ve been learning about some of the fascinating connections happening in our gardens and natural areas. How much do you remember? Ready? Test your nature knowledge with these five questions! 🌸 1.…
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Buzz & Bloom
Read story →: Buzz & Bloom🌸🪰 BUZZ & BLOOM: Virginia Waterleaf & Bee Flies 🌿 Deep in the spring woodland, Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum) produces clusters of delicate white to lavender flowers—and if you stop to watch,…
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🦋🐝Water for Wildlife 💧🐦
Read story →: 🦋🐝Water for Wildlife 💧🐦We talk a lot about providing wildlife with native plants, food, and shelter—but every habitat needs one more essential ingredient: Water. 💧 Birds need water for drinking and bathing. Bees and butterflies…
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Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlight: Bee Fly
Read story →: Pollinator/Wildlife Spotlight: Bee Fly🐝🪰 POLLINATOR SPOTLIGHT: Meet the Bee Fly! Is it a bee? Is it a fly? If you spot a fuzzy little insect hovering over your flowers and extending a surprisingly long “straw”…
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🌿🤍 NATIVE PLANT SPOTLIGHT: Virginia Waterleaf 🤍🌿
Read story →: 🌿🤍 NATIVE PLANT SPOTLIGHT: Virginia Waterleaf 🤍🌿Walk through a rich Eastern woodland in spring and you may encounter a plant that is easy to overlook until you stop and look closely. Its broad green leaves appear to have…
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🌿 Young Nature Heroes: Leadership in Action 🌿
Read story →: 🌿 Young Nature Heroes: Leadership in Action 🌿One young leader, one determined Scout troop, and one acre of habitat made for an inspiring conservation success story. Eagle Scout Grisha Driscoll organized and led a two-day habitat restoration project with…
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🌙 Explore Outdoors: Listen to the Sounds of Summer 🎶🦗
Read story →: 🌙 Explore Outdoors: Listen to the Sounds of Summer 🎶🦗As the sun goes down, nature’s nighttime orchestra begins! Step outside, turn off the distractions, and spend a few minutes listening for crickets, katydids, and cicadas. 🦗 Crickets create their familiar chirps…
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🌿🐝 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌙🦋
Read story →: 🌿🐝 TEST YOUR NATURE KNOWLEDGE! 🌙🦋We’ve explored some fascinating connections in nature recently—from nighttime wildlife and native vines to rattlesnake master and its pollinator visitors. How much do you remember? Test yourself with these 5 questions! 🌙…