Nubi Cohousing News

May 30th, 2010 by Clive | Category: Life in general | Leave a comment

To see all the photos click this link:

http://www.cliveruss.com/hoophouse

May 23rd, 2010 by Clive | Category: Farm | Leave a comment

May 23rd, 2010 by Clive | Category: Life in general | Leave a comment

Generally I try to avoid getting up at 5am on a Saturday, but I did so gladly last weekend when renowned birdsong expert Donald Kroodsma came to town and led an early morning outing to listen for birds at Nubanusit Neighborhood.

His visit was co-sponsored by the Harris Center for Conservation Education, and he gave an interesting, informative talk there Friday evening that included listening to lots of birdsong. But the real fun was Saturday morning.

Unfortunately it was pouring rain at 5am, the time Don had agreed to head outside with whoever wanted to get up that early. Despite the weather, Dori and I joined Don on the porch of the common house and considered our options as it rained and lightening flashed. After some minutes, though, the thunder passed and we actually heard a bird start singing — a brave (and wet) chipping sparrow. Then a robin. The rain seemed to let up a bit, so we put up our rain hoods and headed off the porch.

The morning eventually brought lots of wonderful birds to listen to (and some to see), as we made our way across the veggie field, up the cow lane, over to the top of the horse pasture, and back down through the hayfield.

A little later, folks from outside of Nubi came for the “official” part of the morning walk and were treated to some excellent birdsong from warblers, a catbird, and more, some of which Dr. Kroodsma recorded and then played back for folks when we went back inside our Common House and he told us more about the amazing sound world of birds.

Here’s a link to a humorous “dawn chorus” video that Dr. Kroodsma showed the group when we were inside:
http://www.picture-this.org.uk/worksprojects/works/by-date/2007/dawn-chorus

Here’s a list of what I managed to hear or see that morning (at least the ones I could identify):

Canada Goose
Killdeer
Mourning Dove
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch

May 14th, 2010 by Noel | Tags: birds, community | Category: Life in general | Leave a comment

May 2nd, 2010 by Melissa Maurer | Category: Events, Life in general | Leave a comment

Nubi Explorers created a Nature Museum exhibit for the Common House playroom, featuring many of the treasures we’ve found since we moved into Nubanusit Neighborhood. Displayed treasures include birds’ nests, deer bones, and snake skins, as well as rusted farm tools and even a key fob from the old Salzburg Inn.

Nubi Natural History Museum

April 30th, 2010 by Dori | Tags: Common House, community, kids, wildlife | Category: Life in general | Leave a comment

What a smart, helpful, energetic group of people we have! Thank you to all who were able to come and make our village look so good during our spring cleanup day this past weekend.

Thanks to the cooks, and the “Chica Sand Banditas,” and those who pulled weeds, and moved brush, trimmed trails, and cultivated, and hauled. A special thanks to Lynne, who came from Rhinebeck to help, and to Lisa and Jean, who came from Massachusetts, and assorted kids and grandkids who all pitched in.

As we become more of an agrarian community, there will be lots of seasonal chores tugging at us. So, for those in our community who didn’t get a chance to help on the workday, or those you did but are really chomping for more jobs, we have them. And the farm has some, plus planting perennials. The Common lawn has been aerated, and pretty soon it will be time to spread an inch of compost over it, fertilizer and seed. John Tyler, of Pleasant Pond Landscaping, is our advisor on how to make a lawn a good one, organically.

Here are some photos from the cleanup day…..

Chica Sand Banditas

save the pansies, weed the rest

clearing a new swim site at the river

post-workday refresher (or the Nubi version of Loch Ness monster)

April 29th, 2010 by Carol Hamilton | Tags: celebration, community, garden | Category: Life in general | Leave a comment

April 29th, 2010 by Clive | Category: Life in general | Leave a comment

April 29th, 2010 by Clive | Category: Life in general | Leave a comment