Smell Like Dirt

In Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” Margaret Atwood

Archive for November 6, 2007

HAWK Meeting Tuesday 11/6 at 7PM

November 6, 2007 at 9:48 am · Filed under birds, Green Living, wildlife

After you vote!!! Come to the HAWK meeting tonight to listen to a great presentation by Jennifer Gordon of Carolina Waterfowl Rescue. Jennifer will speak on the plight of our waterfowl as well as Wildlife Rescue. The meeting will be at 7pm at the Matthews Community Center at 100 McDowell Street. Its free and open to everyone.

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Pileated Woodpeckers

November 6, 2007 at 9:04 am · Filed under birds, feeders, Ichetucknee, tree, water, wildlife and tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Another video from our recent Smell Like Dirt Takes a Road Trip to the Ichetucknee Springs State Park in North Florida. We got lucky and stumbled upon a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers who were too focused on looking for food to care about us filming them. Pileated Woodpeckers can be found across the Eastern United States so most of us have a great chance to see them. Find a large forested area near you and see if you can find some for yourself. They are very loud so chances are you will hear them before you see them.

Special thanks to Lauri Shubert of Lake City, Florida, for letting us use the still photos of a male pileated working on a tree in her own backyard. Lauri definitely Smells Like Dirt!

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Getting Kids into Nature

November 6, 2007 at 8:44 am · Filed under birds, feeders, Green Living, mister, tree, wildlife and tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

There’s a great article in the Charlotte Observer today highlighting the need to get our kids outside and exploring nature. Friends of Smell Like Dirt, Mark and Patti Weber, are featured due to their commitment to teaching an appreciation of nature and encouraging Alex and Matthew to Smell Like Dirt! (Alex and Matthew can be seen briefly in our “Mister” video – running through the sprinklers! Check it out in the VodPod listing on the far right of your screen) I’m counting on the Weber kids to lead the environmental stewardship movement when they get older. They’ve already got a healthy appreciation of all things outdoors and love animals of all kinds. They have lots of birdfeeders in their yard and Alex and Matthew can identify the birds that visit.

The Weber’s have been good friends for over 14 years and we congratulate them on doing such a great job raising conservation-minded kids. We hope that others will take their lead! If you want to get in touch with the Webers, leave a comment here for them and we’ll make sure they get it.

You can order the book mentioned in the article <a href=”Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder“>”The Last Child in the Woods” by Richard Louv right from this site by clicking here or go to the “My Favorite Books and Products” page

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