"… to be used for nature study and as a preserve for birds and other wildlife."- Carmen Hambleton Warner
The Old Farmer’s Almanac, an entertaining booklet which predicts the climate for the coming year, has forecast a colder than normal winter for Ohio. In contrast, many ‘traditional’ methods of predicting the weather have determined… Well, they have not determined much of anything, but… Continue Reading “Farmer’s Almanac vs. Wacky Weather Wisdom”
Not to worry, the Wahkeena blog will live on! Wahkeena blog followers, do not worry, the blog will continue to be updated regularly throughout the coming winter months and into our next season. Look out for some new features that will help to keep… Continue Reading “Don’t Fear…”
As many of you know by now, I am no longer at Wahkeena. While I miss Wahkeena greatly, I am having lots of new adventures, and learning lots of new things. I will especially miss sharing Wahkeena happenings with you over this blog, and… Continue Reading “Happy Trails”
Hope you enjoyed Part I of my favorite photos! Here is Part 2. This is a combination of the Summer and Fall seasons. Adder’s Mouth Orchid a foggy Lake Odonata Heal-all Monarch butterfly on Purple Coneflower Orange Coneflower Jewelweed Lake Odonata in summer Monarch… Continue Reading “Favorite Photos Part 2”
As we come to the end of year six of the blog, I thought we’d have a bit of a photo review. I have a lot of favorite photos, some of which have been seen on the blog before. Since there are so many,… Continue Reading “Favorite Photos Part 1”
Don’t be alarmed, but the following post is all about spiders! Our much anticipated spider workshop with Dr. Richard Bradley is coming up and I though we’d get a head start on things. (The workshop is full-up by the way.) I don’t know a… Continue Reading “Creepy Crawly!”
Here are two cool bugs for your enjoyment! The first is a very captivating fellow. A small, stocky caterpillar that belongs in a group call slug moth caterpillars. The name of this group comes from the fact that they do not have any prolegs… Continue Reading “Two Cool Bugs”
We are definitely over do for a new in bloom list, so today’s post is going to focus on those fabulous wildflowers that are showing off their colors. There is a lot to look at right now, and even more to come. Despite the… Continue Reading “Late August Wildflowers”
Invasion of the Tree Octopus! Hey everyone! This is Nora, the intern here at Wahkeena. Robyn will be out of town for the next couple of weeks so I will be the one discussing a new species to the preserve! We found a Tree… Continue Reading “”
Thanks to our hawk-eyed intern, Nora, we now have a new species of orchid to add to Wahkeena’s list! Whorled Pogonia, Isotria verticillata is a native orchid that, when not in bloom looks a whole lot like Indian Cucumber Root. We’ve known that… Continue Reading “New Orchid! Yea!”