Spring has Sprung! From Ogden Nature Center

Spring has sprung at Ogden Nature Center and we are all eager to get outside and observe what’s going on in the natural world. Queue up the City Nature Challenge! With our trusty smart devices, field nets, and bug jars, we’ll be out exploring what lives here on our 152-acre nature preserve while collecting valuable data for scientists to analyze.

We are fortunate at the Ogden Nature Center to be smack-dab in the middle of it all: A unique environment where urban meets desert with wetlands along the Wasatch mountains. Step onto our Habitat Trail where you’re likely to hear songs from both residential and migratory birds. You might also notice turtles basking in the sun when you visit Teal Pond, and mule deer trotting the trails or bedding down in the fields. Flip over a log or a rock and the world becomes full of animals with exoskeletons and many pairs of legs. There’s always something to see out here, whether familiar or new.

The Ogden Nature Center invites you to our self-guided City Nature Challenge on Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1. It’s less than 10 days away! We’re also happy to lend you some naturalist equipment like nets and jars to help you investigate further. It’s the perfect time to get down in the dirt and scour the trees and trails for all living things that share this home with you. We hope to see you out on the trails and throughout the Wasatch!

Check out what these other participating City Nature Challenge partners along the Wasatch are doing: Natural History Museum of Utah, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Hutchings Museum & Institute, Jordan River Commission, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City Library, Stokes Nature Center, Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter, Thanksgiving Point, The Nature Conservancy in Utah, Tracy Aviary, Tree Utah, Utah Open Lands, Utah Society for Environmental Education, Utah State University, Utah Valley University, Hogle Zoo

by Brent Johnson, Teacher Naturalist at Ogden Nature Center
Follow Brent at @bjohnson86

Publicado el abril 21, 2021 01:28 TARDE por patrickkelly907