Guest Column: Finding the spark that connects us to nature
On Earth Day, celebrate the creatures around us
An ebony jewelwing, guest columnist Melissa McMasters’ “spark creature,” a phrase naturalists use to describe the particular species that ignited their love of nature, is a type of damselfly. (Submiited)
Melissa McMasters
Melissa McMasters is the director of communications at Overton Park Conservancy, where she writes a monthly NatureZen series about connecting to wildlife.
Celebrate Earth Day by spending some time observing a single creature — what it looks like, how it moves, how it interacts with other plants or creatures in its habitat, and whether it makes any distinctive sounds.
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