Month: July 2020

• An Evening at the Ponds at Southwest Nature Preserve

  The long, hot day was surrendering to darkness at the preserve. The trees and shrubs around the edge of the pond were black silhouettes and the sunset was fading. Shades of gold and rose would soon slip into the dusty gray-black that passes for night sky in a big city whose lights perpetually fight the […]

  Michael Smith

  July 18, 2020

  In the Field

  Cricket Frog, Red-eared Slider, Snapping Turtle, Southwest Nature Preserve

• “What Makes It Strong?” – Teaching Kids About Nature

  I’ve been busy lately writing and putting together a couple of free downloadable PDF publications, one of which was the June issue of “The Treefrog Times.” In that issue, I wanted to include a little fun exercise for kids to think about what strengthens wings to enable birds and insects to fly. I drew a […]

  Michael Smith

  July 8, 2020

  Uncategorized

  Nature Education