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Nature Journaling Weblog

Nature Journaling Tip #18: Our Lake’s Honored Guests

By Mark Baldwin on April 9, 2009

Two American White Pelicans made a rare appearance on the open waters of Chautauqua Lake this spring. I observed one of them on March 26.

Nature Journaling Tip #17: Signs of Spring

By Mark Baldwin on March 3, 2009

Snowfall in the Chautauqua Watershed began in earnest in November, well over a month before the start of official winter. Snowfall totals to date are approaching the 300-inch mark. That's 25 feet of snow. Lake Erie remains completely frozen over. This winter has been long. Snowy.

Nature Journaling Tip #16: Watersheds

By Mark Baldwin on January 23, 2009

Everyone lives in a watershed. A watershed is a basin that catches all the rainwater and snowmelt that runs into a particular lake or stream. Not far from where I'm writing this is a little stream called Moon Brook.

Nature Journaling Tip #15: The Water Cycle in Winter

By Mark Baldwin on November 24, 2008

It is snowing this morning, a gentle snow without wind; the sun is shining through a break in the clouds. The last five days it has snowed, with no let-up in the forecast. Ski areas are already open and it's still a week until Thanksgiving.

I have measured 26 inches of snow already in my backyard.

Nature Journaling Tip #14: The Value of Wetlands

By Mark Baldwin on October 28, 2008

I live on the northeast rim of the Allegheny Plateau near glacier-carved Chautauqua Lake.

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