Late Season Mother Nature
As any WNYer will tell you, early or late season snowfall can have a devastating effect on everything it touches. This is mostly due to...
Work Day #4 for 2017
The fourth, and final, work day of 2017 has come and gone. Once again we wish to thank all the volunteers who came out to help: -Tim...
Work Day #3 for 2017
The third work day of 2017 has come and gone. Once again we wish to thank all the volunteers who came out to help: -Tim Pence (and his 3...
Reflections of Nature
Nothing much to say here. The pictures and title do all the talking...
Work Day #2 for 2017
Work Day #2 is now in the books for 2017. This was another fabulous day in the woods even if it was just to pick up garbage. Man, we got...
Work Day #1 for 2017
Work Day #1 is in the books. It was GREAT to see the many volunteers come out to help clean up some much needed areas of the Center. The...
Rock Balancing
This subject has always intrigued me. I've seen pictures of huge rocks precariously balanced on top of much smaller ones and numerous...
A Creek Walk with a Surprise
There's nothing that hits you more in the "feels" than a nature surprise. Something that you've never witnessed. Something that stops you...
A Wintery Walk
Beaver markings, bald eagles, broken dams, large old white pines...you never know what a simple Winter Walk will reveal at Zaepfel.
Great Blue Heron Rookery
Back in January of 2017, while out searching for the ever elusive bald eagle nests, we stumbled upon a rookery. At first we thought we...