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Posts Tagged ‘Wandering Wednesday’
What’s Happening: Letting the Creek Run Free
With Big Creek and The Cove Estuary both ecologically and symbolically at the heart of Crossroads at Big Creek, and with a water research lab currently located in the Collins…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Run, Buzz, Explore
At Crossroads at Big Creek, we have been as busy as bees this week, preparing for the 17th Annual Crossroads Trail Run on Saturday, June 13. And speaking of bees,…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Dragonflies
The Summer at Crossroads theme this week is dragonflies—an appropriate choice, in that these remarkable insects are now darting and gliding throughout the preserve. On Monday, June 8, at 2:00…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Let’s Take a Hike
Crossroads at Big Creek kicks off the summer season with the theme “Take a Hike.” Visitors are always welcome to explore our trails, and this week they can also enjoy…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Summer at Crossroads
Over Memorial Day weekend at Crossroads at Big Creek, the Collins Learning Center will be closed and, while the trails will remain open, no programs are scheduled. It is our…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Discovery Day
Discovery Day, celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Collins Learning Center, will be held at Crossroads at Big Creek on Saturday, May 16. The event might never have happened at…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Biological Barometers
This week at Crossroads at Big Creek, we focus our binoculars—and our programming—on birds. Birdwatching has become far more than a pleasant hobby. Birds are often described as “biological barometers,”…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: May Day
Spring has come…finally. And at Crossroads at Big Creek, we’re ready. We’ll be celebrating May Day during our Science Saturday program—and really, all week long. Traditionally, May Day in many European…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Earth Day
With the sucker run reaching peak, bird migration underway, and frogs filling the spring evenings with their choruses, one could say that at Crossroads at Big Creek, it seems like…
Read MoreWhat’s Happening: Rain and Wildlife
Excessive early spring snow and rain forced Big Creek over its banks, so as we at Crossroads we celebrate migration—birds, fish, frogs… we are eager to see if the abundant…
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