As winter sadly approaches, I keep wondering what I will keep myself busy with during the cold months (especially cold where I live, I think it reached -42 degrees last winter), besides schoolwork. Being a birdwatcher, there are some things I know I want to do and birds I know I would like to see. …

Winter days are often a great time to take a walk in the woods or along a shoreline. The trails and beaches are uncrowded and quiet, except for the natural sounds of wind, birds, and waves. The sun shines on the trunks or trees, such as oaks in a deciduous forest, illuminating patterns of the bark a…

@Quercitron , that is both beautiful and evocative. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

My goal is to try and get my insects pinned because I fell behind a little. That being said my city hasn’t gotten an inch or more of snow in over 3 years and we’re roughly halfway through the winter I’m not sure it’s going to be lower than 45-50 all winter. Its probably fine

[image] GothHobbit: … evocative … There was that evocative poem … The clock was nearing 3 PM on the wall of my second grade classroom, and outside it was about to start snowing. At 3, the bell would ring to free us all to scatter into the world outside. The teacher pulled out a book of poetr…

My current winter woes: here in central Germany it feels like it has been raining since early November. I suppose this is nothing unusual to those of you in wet climates like the Pacific Northwest, but this permanent rain is not something I’m accustomed to and I’m finding it quite trying. My usual …

At least you have grass! And probably mosses and lichens. Maybe it was a mean joke. In the Nordics, the ground has been covered in snow for two months already, and it won’t be until April when new plants will slowly start popping out. Seeing green is already feeling alien. You could try using a clo…

Identify and map trees with marcescent leaves, such as oaks, and argue about which of the oak specimens are hybrids. ;) [1F36023E-B27C-4068-AFAA-C2BC910EE9F1_1_105_c] Post Oak (Quercus stellata)

I try to maintain a balance of both observing and identifying, and I usually take this time to focus on the latter. Either that or just taking a break for a while. I try not to burn myself out.

Right now I am photographing lichens for this January lichen project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/look-for-lichens-210ada2a-5475-4d64-adaa-3722a698c0ee However, we need help with identifying the lichens. There don’t seem to be a lot of lichen identifiers and I have taken photos of what I…

[image] jo1010: However, we need help with identifying the lichens. Well, I couldn’t help much, but I am familiar with the sidewalk firedot.

Naturalists, what do you do all winter?

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Naturalists, what do you do all winter?

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