John James Audubon Center's Norristown Schoolyard Habitat Project

08/12/2016

We've been working hard this summer to keep up our Schoolyard Habitats! Check out the car load of Wild Bergamot we pulled up from Musselman Learning Center. While Wild Bergamot is a Pennsylvania native, biodiversity is extremely important to maintain. With most of the Wild Bergamot pulled, the wide variety of native plants at Musselman's Schoolyard Habitat has more room to grow!

Click here to learn more about Wild Bergamot:https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_mofi.pdf

06/01/2016

Norristown High School's special needs class had their final lesson of the year! Students painted portraits of native birds and then took photos of them in their habitats around the school!

05/19/2016

Today, Gotwals Elementary students learned how their schoolyard habitats serve as stopover points for migrating birds. Here is an interesting video about helping migratory birds!

05/09/2016

Today we installed native plant gardens with the 3rd graders at Hancock Elementary! These students will be participating in lessons next year as 4th graders using the outdoor classroom with Audubon educators. Thanks to PECO for the $16,000 grant that allows us to expand into three more Norristown schools!

05/05/2016

Great coverage about our planting at Cole Manor Elementary! Thank you to PECO for the $16,000 grant that allows us to expand programming to Cole Manor, Hancock Elementary, and Musselman Early Learning Center in Norristown!

http://6abc.com/1323583/

More than a hundred students stepped outside the classroom to get their hands dirty Wednesday

04/15/2016

We have expanded our programs to the Musselman Early Learning Center in Norristown!

03/25/2016

The chickadees are back! Watch some nest cam footage here!

03/22/2016

Awesome nest cam footage!

03/22/2016

Don't worry, be happy! Now let's go look at trees!

Being in nature helps reduce stress — but so might looking at photos with trees in them.

03/14/2016

Want to provide a home for nesting birds this spring? Build a nest box!

It’s National Nest Box Week—in the U.K., at least. But that doesn’t mean you can’t put up a box stateside—here’s how.

01/19/2016

Great way to get students involved in citizen science!

The annual Great Backyard Bird Count includes a fun photography competition for photos of birds seen during the count. Sumit Sen’s striking Indian Golden Oriole shot won first place in the 2015 composition category.

This year's count starts Feb. 12! Sign up: gbbc.birdcount.org

12/10/2015

December is all about waterfowl! Students are learning how these amazing creatures have waterproof feathers and are determining what actions they can take to protect their habitats! Picking up trash is a simple step to keep them healthy!