Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Don Miller: The Last Float
Don Miller is doing fine. Some read into the Rock River Times column he wrote a few weeks that he was ill. Aside from the usual aches and pains, Don is A-OK.
His column is about a dear friend, who was diagnosed with cancer. He didn’t know if they’d ever get the chance to float […]
No Comments » - Posted in Info, Observing Nature, Rock River Times by Brian Leaf
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Another Rain Garden and More Muddy Kids
If you missed it last week, Severson Dells Nature Center and the Natural Land Institute teamed up with 74 6th graders from Rockford Christian to sow 6.5 acres of drainage area with the 40 native species.
The site drains the Red Oak Estates subdiivsion on Rockford’s east side, near the southwest corner of Bell School and […]
No Comments » - Posted in Info, Events, Kid's Program, SDNC in the News by Brian Leaf
Monday, May 12th, 2008
BioBlitz: Day of Discovery — This Sat. May 17
Four Rivers Environmental Coalition/Environmental Education Association of Illinois/Byron Forest Preserve
Saturday, May 17, 7:00 am-4:30 pm (Come for all or part)
at Byron Forest Preserve, 7993 N. River Road, Byron, Illinois
Everyone, 8 years and older is welcome
This great day is provided to you ALL FREE!!!
Why? To increase our awareness and understanding of the variety of life in […]
No Comments » - Posted in Info by Brian Leaf
Friday, May 9th, 2008
New Birds on Severson Dells List
The bounty of the spring migration brought two new birds to the Severson Dells Nature Center’s list this week — Summer Tanager and Harris’ Sparrow.
Summer Tananger
Harris’s Sparrow
Photographer Mary Kay Rubey (Click here to view her gallery) captured both on camera Thursday, May 8. Both species were spotted again on Friday, May 9. The Tanager was […]
No Comments » - Posted in Info, Observing Nature by Brian Leaf
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
e-Notes From the Dells — May 2008
In this issue
1. John G. Severson, 1921-2008
2. Second Chance to Slosh in a Creek
3. It’s Happening May
4. Don Miller Classic: An Ode to Parents
5. The Prettiest Run You’ll Enter This Year
6. The Bioblitz
7. Sightings
8. Birds, blooms and rebates
9. Who Was Severson Dells?
10. Note to Insightbb.com subscribers
Click here to read May’s e-Notes From the Dells
No Comments » - Posted in Info, Events, Observing Nature, Kid's Program by Brian Leaf
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Don Miller Classic: An Ode to Parents
An Ode to Parents
Don penned this poem for the Spring of 1990. With Mother’s Day and Father’s Day drawing near, this is an ode to his parents for raising him with an environmental ethic. His hope was then, as it is now, that it had meaning to someone else.
I was fortunate in life.
I was […]
