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Revive Your Senses

Mark your calendars now for Saturday, June 20 for the first of this year’s Summer Seminars! Use this day before the summer solstice to Revive Your Senses with us at Pfeiffer Nature Center. Spend time in the great outdoors on Lillibridge Road, enjoying our beautiful property and all it has to offer. We’re happy to [...]

Accessible Trail Surfacing Begins

After months of planning and researching, it’s now easy to see the progress that’s being made on Pfeiffer Nature Center’s accessible interpretive trail.  Thanks to hours of work by dedicated volunteers and board members Ed Reisman, Mike Canada, and Jeff McMullen, about half of the trail is now surfaced. Our accessible interpretive trail is designed [...]

Who Said That?

I’ve already told you that most days I walk early in the morning, before the sun is really up. The birds are just awakening, and the greet me each day with lovely songs. But, as I’ve mentioned, since it’s not fully light, I rarely see the birds, I have to identify them by sound alone. [...]

Dawn Chorus

I’m a morning person. My routine, 7 days a week, is get up, throw on some sweats, and go outside with the dog for a nice, long walk. On days when I’m working at Pfeiffer Nature Center, that walk happens at about 5:00 a.m. Since that’s dark most of the year, I walk up my [...]

Young Love

It’s spring, and a young man’s fancy turns to love. So does a young hawk’s, a young newt’s, a young chipmunk’s, a young…well, you get the picture. Last month I couldn’t sit on my porch or take a walk without feeling like I should be averting my eyes. Birds, salamanders, you name it, they were [...]

Spring Ephemerals

Spring is absolutely my favorite season. I just love watching tiny leaves and buds emerge. Somehow they bring me even more pleasure than seeing things in full bloom. Part of it is surely the temperature, which I find more agreeable in spring than in the heat of summer. I take regular walks in the woods [...]