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A Chickadee is in the midst of landing at a bird feeder.

Gardening for the Birds

02/23/2021 12PM All, Your Backyard Habitat, Parks at Home for Grownups, Nature Academy

Bird feeders are a good source of food for birds and can bring joy to bird watchers. Nature Interpreter Ellen shares how using native plants around bird feeders will create a more holistic and safer habitat for local birds.

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An eastern kingbird sits in its nest in a dead tree. It is sunny.

Nature Journaling #260: The Best of the Nest

02/22/2021 7AM Nature Journaling, Parks at Home for Kids

Join us in keeping a nature journal throughout 2021. This is your journal, something to help you connect to the natural world around you and make discoveries along the way. Don’t worry, we will give you a new prompt here regularly!

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Buckeye Falls at Sharon Woods is half-frozen while the other half is covered in snow. A bridge in the background is also covered in snow.

Nature Journaling #259: What’s Your Favorite Thing in Nature?

02/21/2021 8AM Nature Journaling, Parks at Home for Kids

Join us in keeping a nature journal throughout 2021. This is your journal, something to help you connect to the natural world around you and make discoveries along the way. Don’t worry, we will give you a new prompt here regularly!

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Nature Journaling #258: The Natural Colors of Winter

02/20/2021 8AM Nature Journaling, Parks at Home for Kids

Join us in keeping a nature journal throughout 2021. This is your journal, something to help you connect to the natural world around you and make discoveries along the way. Don’t worry, we will give you a new prompt here regularly!

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A close-up of a tree trunk in winter. Part of the tree trunk is covered in moss.

Nature Journaling #257: Make Your Own Tree Rubbing

02/19/2021 7AM Nature Journaling, Parks at Home for Kids

Join us in keeping a nature journal throughout 2021. This is your journal, something to help you connect to the natural world around you and make discoveries along the way. Don’t worry, we will give you a new prompt here regularly!

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Jars of freshly made maple sugar line a table covered with a red-checked table cloth. The maple syrup in the jars ranges from an amber color to a deep brown.

Nature Journaling #256: From Tree Sap to Maple Sugar

02/17/2021 7AM Nature Journaling, Parks at Home for Kids

Join us in keeping a nature journal throughout 2021. This is your journal, something to help you connect to the natural world around you and make discoveries along the way. Don’t worry, we will give you a new prompt here regularly!

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Beechmont Bridge proposed plan

Great Parks Building Final Phase of Little Miami Scenic Trail at Beechmont Bridge

02/16/2021 10AM All, 2021, Great Parks News

Great Parks of Hamilton County has started construction of the final extension and most significant section of the Little Miami Scenic Trail. A half-mile extension will allow trail users to safely travel from the Little Miami Scenic Trail to the Ohio River Trail for the first time.

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Why I Went to the Woods

02/16/2021 8AM Your Backyard Habitat, All, Parks at Home for Grownups, All About Food, Stories, Nature Academy

Have you noticed an odor in the air recently? It’s none other than skunks. You might consider skunks offensively odiferous, but for Education Manager Suzanne, it marks the start of the sweetest season in nature: maple sugaring season.

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