Posts by The Everyday Ecologist
Encouraging Pollinators!
What might you do to encourage pollinators in your yard and community? Pollinators include all kinds of creatures, like bees, butterflies, bats, dragonflies, beetles, hummingbirds, moths, wasps, flies, and some small mammals. Pollinating creatures are important because they pollinate the plants which grow the food we eat. Additionally, as Pollinator.org indicates the pollinators “support healthy…
Read MoreSummer is Soon
What fun things do you have on your idea list for the summer? We enjoy lots of different activities during the summer, such as, canoeing/kayaking, hiking forested trails, swimming, walking in the woods, identifying trees, playing with our dogs, nature journaling, collecting shells and rocks at the beach, volunteering, biking, cloud-watching, stargazing, and much more.…
Read MoreArbor Day!
“I feel a great regard for trees; they represent age and beauty and the miracles of life and growth.” ― Louise Dickinson Rich (1903-1991) Celebrate Arbor Day this year! National Arbor Day is always celebrated on the 4th Friday of April. This year it falls on Friday, April 26, 2024. Arbor Day was started in…
Read MoreSolar Eclipse
Explore Safely. Today, Monday, April 8, 2024, a solar eclipse will appear across Mexico, the United States, and Canada. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks any part of the sun. A path from Texas to Maine will show the the eclipse in totality (where the moon completely blocks out the sun). NASA, the…
Read MoreBirds!
Spring is almost here and it’s time to learn more about birds!
Read MoreHappy Leap Year!
Happy Leap Year!
Read MoreFriends And Awe In All Seasons
2 books that celebrate friends and the wonder of nature. This lovely picture book, Fix and Stitch written by Barbara Nass and illustrated by Liza Woodruff celebrates the positive energy and helping nature of friends in any season. Watch as the group of friends comes together as autumn turns to winter. This awe-focused picture book…
Read MoreSnow!
Snow!
Read More2024 is Here
Happy New Year! Welcome, 2024!
Read MoreHappy Winter Solstice!
This is the best picture book to celebrate the First Day of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere. We love this wonderful picture book, The Shortest Day, by Susan Cooper and illustrated by Carson Ellis. The Winter Solstice starts today in the Northern Hemisphere. Happy reading! For some of our other favorite books, please go here.
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