Nature Play Area
I have had this blog post in mind for almost two weeks, ever since my granddaughters and I visited our local Audubon Center. I wanted to share a few photographs of my granddaughters, as it has been a while since I did so in this blog. Also, I wanted to showcase the Nature Play Area at the Audubon Center.
According to its website the Audubon Community Nature Center “is a 600-acre wetland preserve that includes over five miles of trails, a native tree arboretum, picnic areas, a natural play space, and educational gardens for you to explore daily from dawn until dusk. … The Nature Center itself is home to the Blue Heron Gift Shop and three floors of interactive exhibits, including live animals, which inform and engage visitors of all ages. … You can visit Liberty, a non-releasable Bald Eagle, in her enclosure near the [Nature Center] building.”
The Audubon Center is located approximately 12 miles from our house at 1600 Riverside Road in Jamestown, NY. We walk the trails and visit Liberty frequently. We have visited the Nature Center building, as well, but just a few times. This blog post, though, is about the nature play area only.
The nature play area is located near the Nature Center building.
In Mar 2016 the nature play area had a tunnel made out of a tree and stepping “stones” made out of trees.
Mar 2016
Our granddaughters climbed through and on the tree tunnel.
Mar 2016
Bob and our granddaughters check out the stepping “stones” made out of trees.
I can’t recall if there was anything else to play on in the nature play area during our visit in March 2016.
During our visit to the Audubon Center on October 7th the girls found three new additions to the nature play area.
The girls had fun pretending they were stuck in this shelter.
The girls are sitting on Tank, a 12-foot and 1,500 pound concrete turtle.
Last fall, Tank the Turtle was created and donated to the Audubon Nature Center by Mike Whitmire of Whitmire Block and Outdoor Living, Starbrick, PA.
Spotted Salamander
The most recent addition to the Nature Play Area is this spotted salamander, which was also created and donated to the Audubon Center by Mike Whitmire of Whitmire Block and Outdoor Living. The spotted salamander measures roughly 14 feet from its nose to the tip of its tail. The spotted salamander had not yet been named.
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5 Responses to “Nature Play Area”
Hello, what a nice playground for the kiddies. I like the big turtle. Your grandchildren are cute. Enjoy your weekend!
I love the pictures of your granddaughter! Chris
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 11:01 AM The Beauty Around Us wrote:
> Linda G. posted: “I have had this blog post in mind for almost two weeks, > ever since my granddaughters and I visited our local Audubon Center. I > wanted to share a few photographs of my granddaughters, as it has been a > while since I did so in this blog. Also, I wanted to ” >
This looks like a great place for youngsters (and not-so-youngsters)!
Looks like the girls had a lot of fun playing and being models, Linda. Also it was nice to see the play area has natural items like the tree stumps and teepee of branches. Also liked seeing Tank.
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