The seasonal nature journal records the observations you make as winter melts into spring or follows the path of the stars. By observing the natural world we can adjust to its larger rhythms.
Keeping this type of notebook can begin at any time of the year.
Spring Nature Journal
Nature in Spring is the time of reproduction for plants and animals. Pollination and mating are similar activities with similar outcomes, seeds or babies.
There are spring nature activities that focus on all the new events and happenings from returning birds to the sequence of spring bloom. The list of spring journal writing prompts is full of ideas to study and draw. Keep a Spring Nature Journal.
Summer Nature Journal
Nature in Summer is warm temperatures and afternoon thunderstorms. Bumblebees with bulging pollen sacks bob up and down as they move from flower to flower. You can keep a summer nature journal on this busiest season.
Summer nature activities focus on growth and maturity. Baby birds hatch and quickly mature. Coral Honeysuckles blossom and entice hummingbirds to sip the nectar deep within the tubular flowers.
Capturing the deep reds, oranges, and purple of flowers in sketches or photographs in your nature journal is a project for the whole season. Here is a list of summer nature journal writing prompts for topic ideas.
Autumn Nature Journal
Autumn is my favorite time. Leaves change, Monarch butterflies migrate. The last cricket continues to play its own violin. Quiet, dark and starry skies define the autumn night. And special autumn moons dominate the night sky.
Drawing nature in autumn means having the right shade of oranges, rusty reds, and golds in your paint or pencil box. At the end of a season of autumn nature journaling, you can have a notebook full of color and beauty that delights you throughout the long winter. Autumn nature journal writing prompts provide ideas for things to do.
Winter Nature Journal
Winter is a quiet season. A mystery made deeper because many animals are hidden. There is still much to do in winter. Books about winter can teach us about those mysteries of the season. And creating your own winter nature journal is a satisfying hobby.
Also Winter Photography Tips.
More Tips on Keeping a Seasonal Nature Journal
Best Books for Nature Journal Keeping and Drawing