Pfeiffer Nature Center Trail Sale 2024

When: Saturday, May 11th, 10am – 6pm Rain Date: of Sunday May 19th, 2024. Where: 1420 Yubadam Road Portville, NY ***For Vendors***

The Ovenbird – 2023 Autumnal Equinox Issue

In this issue we introduce our new director, poetry by Edward A Guest, photos by Beth Bergeen-Frost, and the kids corner! Join today to see the Winter Solstice 2023 issue

8th Annual New Year’s Day Hike at Eshelman

Sunday, January 1st Hike Start Time: 10 am    Hike Length: 1 hr-1.5 hrs. “A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.”  Mitch Hedberg Sugaring at Eshelman is a piece of our history that we still take part in today, so join us…

Woodswalk 2015 & Fonnifest

[table id=2 /] ♦ September 27, 2015 ♦ Woods Walk Tail Run Start Times Be sure to arrive in time to check in. Check in ends 15 minutes before start time for each event. [table id=3 /] We will have volunteers specifically for each event,…

Celebrate Mother Earth! Environmentally Friendly Products

A special thank you to everyone that attended our Mother Earth event this May with Pfeiffer Nature Center! We were fortunate enough to have Joan Haynes guide us along to learning about some natural products that may be less harmful both to the environment…

Preparing for our Feathered Friends

Warblers, bluebirds, and many other bird species return to this area when it’s still plenty cold – snow on the ground and frequent below-freezing temps.  Without match.com, they start looking for their mates early in the season, and then immediately set up housekeeping – …

Lightning Strikes!

They say April showers bring May flowers but this past Wednesday was certainly wild weather with thunder and lightning. Watching the storm left me wondering though, what exactly is going on up in those clouds that causes those flashing lights, thunderous booms and wild…

Visions of Spring

Well today was a day that really made us feel like spring is truly on its way. The return of the morning bird songs from robins, red-wing blackbirds, even the movements of the geese tell us that spring coming along. But there are other…

Super Strawberry Full Moon Walk & Campfire

Saturday, June 22, 2013 ~ 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Let’s explore nature in a different light…. moonlight! This 1 mile hike will roam through the forest and wetlands of our Eshelman property. We’ll listen for the sound of the wild night life, pause…

Nature at My Doorstep

A brief trip south this past weekend to a place with no snow, plenty of sun, and warmer temperatures has put a pause to my enjoyment of winter.  It is a bleary day here, ice thick on the river, blowing snow, and cold, cold, bitter…