Interpretive Center |
 Wesselman Woods Nature Center
photo by Lisa Hoffman
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 Bird watching in the
bird viewing room
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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 Peering into the Owl Enclosure
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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Trails |
 Boonville Trail
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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 Main Trail
photo by Aaron Chenoweth |
 Log on Main Trail
photo by Aaron Chenoweth |
 Newburgh Trail
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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 Boonville Trail
photo by Lisa Hoffman
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 Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve Trail Map (PDF)
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Environmental Education |
 Sugarbush tour
Guided by Larry Caplan, WNS board member and Purdue Extension Educator for horticulture in Vanderburgh County
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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 Summer Camp Friends Hiking at Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve
photo by Lisa Hoffman
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 Students picking plants in the
"Get Growing" program
photo by Scott Kramer |
 WNS naturalist Ali Rohde offers
an up-close encounter with a
bull snake during a program.
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 WNS volunteer Henry Backes teaches students about our local history through crafts at WWNP Pioneer Days
photo by Aaron Chenoweth |
A group of 2008 Summer Nature Camp participants shows off their silliest poses
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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 Raptor docent Charlie Carper
(left) and Zachary Schroeder
show off a reindeer Christmas ornament that they made
during Toddler Tales.
photo by Susan Haislip |
 Master Naturalist Chris Norrick
lets cub scouts from pack 318
feel the bull snake's (Pituophis melonoleucus sayi) scales
during an off-site program.
photo by Aaron Chenoweth |
 Birdwatcher participating in an Ohio Valley Birding Festival program.
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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Conservation |
Leadership in Sustainability |
Growing a Network for Sustainability
Businesses, organizations, community leaders, WNS members, and others are taking part in our initiative to increase our community/regional sustainability.
photo by Photics, LLC
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WNS Receives the Shirley James "Greening the Community" Award
Wesselman Nature Society is committed to conservation, sustainability, environmental
research and education.
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Bird Banding Project (ongoing) |
 Indigo Bunting
(Passerina cyanea)
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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 Pileated Woodpecker
(Dryocopus pileatus)
photo by Kathy Durnell
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 White-Breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta carolinensis)
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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Fauna |
 Red-Bellied Woodpecker
(Melanerpes carolinus)
photo by Lisa Hoffman
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 Tufted Titmouse
(Baeolophus bicolor)
photo by Lisa Hoffman
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 Fox Squirrel
(Sciurus niger)
photo by Kara Brothers |
 North American Racoon
(Procyon lotor)
photo by Kara Brothers |
 Birds at the bath in the bird viewing area - May 2008
(CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT:) Tennessee Warblers (Vermivora peregrina), Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum), and Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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 Five-lined Skink
(Eumeces fasciatus)
photo by Aaron Chenoweth |
 Bugs Eye View from the Odonata Pond Butterfly Garden
(Project of the Southwest Indiana Master Gardener Association)
photo by Kara Brothers
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Barred Owl
(Strix varia)
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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Flora |
 Fall Foliage at WWNP
photo by Lisa Hoffman
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 Paw Paw
(Asimina triloba)
photo by Lisa Hoffman
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May Apple
(Podophyllum peltatum)
photo by Aaron Chenoweth |
 Jack in the Pulpit
(Arisaema triphyllum)
photo by Lisa Hoffman
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 Colorful Foliage Ground Cover Found During Winter
photo by Kara Brothers
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 Acorn and Winter Foliage
photo by Kara Brothers
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Resident Raptors |
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 Raptor Program Director Lauren Preske with Luna, the Barred Owl
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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 Banshee, the Barn Owl
(Tyto alba)
photo by Greg Roeder
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 Hattie, the Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virgininianus)
photo by Greg Roeder
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 Artemis, the Red-Tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
photo by Greg Roeder
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 Luna, the Barred Owl
(Strix varia)
photo by Aaron Chenoweth
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 Skylar, the American Kestral
(Falco sparverius)
photo by Greg Roeder
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 Basil, the Turkey Vulture
(Cathartus aura)
photo by Greg Roeder
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