I hope this story finds you safe, healthy and in contact with loved ones as we navigate through this uncertainty in our daily lives. Be safe! Two Hens In 2019, a hen wood duck began nesting in the box we had installed two winters before at my favorite wetland. I had long dreamed of witnessing that leap of faith as Read More …
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” ― John Burroughs January 2019 In January 2019 I embarked on an unexpected adventure when, on a whim, I loaded my Jeep for a road trip up the coast of Cayuga Lake. I wanted to explore an array of favorite spots in search of Read More …
“The eerie calls of Common Loons echo across clear lakes of the northern wilderness.” – Cornell, All About Birds Images, video and text by Teri Franzen, copyright 2019 and 2020 The Calling It started as a trip to visit family. My parents are pulling stakes from Wisconsin’s north woods. I wanted to say good-bye to the lake home where I Read More …
Today’s accessibility to stream entire seasons of a show makes it easier than ever to become hooked on a series and watch from start to finish. We fall in love with the characters, cheering their successes and mourning their failures and losses. We love watching their stories unfold, unable to wait an extra minute to see what hardships they will Read More …
It was late summer in 2014 when I got my first good look at a wood duck. That was also the day that I held one in my hands, briefly. On that mid-August Friday, during my second ever trip to Brick Pond, I arrived to see a five-week old duckling splashing in the water amid the vegetation. I excitedly grabbed Read More …
It was wild, untamed music and it echoed from the hillsides and filled the valleys. It sent a queer shivering feeling along my spine. It was not a feeling of fear, you understand, but a sort of tingling, as if there was a hair on my back and it was hackling. – Alda Orton, Alaskan trapper A moon at perigee, Read More …
The shores of Long Island, New York are bursting with new life right now. Black Skimmers are mating. Piping Plovers, Least and Common Terns and American Oystercatchers are nesting or raising their young in varying stages of development. In late June I spent two days out on the island. Between thunderstorms and heavy rain, I only managed a single sunrise Read More …
In September 2011 a devastating flood wreaked havoc on the town of Owego, NY. During those few days a concerned citizen found a young snapping turtle, since named Chomper, who had been stranded. He was brought to Waterman Conservation Education Center which became his temporary home. In December 2017, high school senior and licensed rehabilitator, Anna Llewellyn, volunteered to care Read More …
For this Earth Day 2018 I give you scenes from my favorite nature experience of my recent trip to Florida. Take care of this precious planet, it’s the only one we’ve got and it’s pretty amazing! During my two 2017 trips to Florida I had only two opportunities to spend sunset at Bunche Beach. The first time I was rained Read More …
I spent a week in March at a Women Wildlife Filmmakers Workshop at Cocobolo Nature Reserve in Panama. Co-lead by two amazing conservation filmmakers Morgan Heim and Jenny Nichols, the workshop was a very intense week of instruction and hands on experience. For each project we paired up in groups of two. With my partner, Jordan Hoffmaster, our final project Read More …
