Author: Melinda Nakagawa

July 12 Brown Bears: MB Nature Journal Club (video)

July 12 Brown Bears: MB Nature Journal Club (video)

This morning I stumbled upon a live web cam at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA. Salmon were leaping out of the water, attempting to jump upstream. Brown bears were chewing on freshly-caught salmon sashimi. The falls, the pool, the island, and the scenery 

July 5 Meeting (video)

July 5 Meeting (video)

Today we celebrated 14 weeks on online nature journaling meetings, and discussed some new ways we might be able to share in the future meetings. Other questions that came up: about INIWIRMO (I notice, I wonder, It reminds me of), Sacrificial pancakes, myth of “right 

Sounds in nature

Sounds in nature

Today I had planned to draw the first calendula blossoms in our vegetable garden. I headed out across the yard and as I rounded the corner of the house, I heard an unusual crackling sound. I stopped in my tracks, focused my hearing to figure 

Crab molt comparison

Crab molt comparison

Journaling crab molts on the beach.

The Nature Journal Show interview

The Nature Journal Show interview

I was recently interviewed by Marley Peifer, host of The Nature Journal Show. Learn a little how I started nature journaling by myself to creating an online journaling community. I’ll share what inspired me to start the Monterey Bay Nature Journal Club– and how YOU 

Blackberry study

Blackberry study

I examined the fruit and flowers of the blackberries in our yard to identify what kind they are.

Noticing nature: Turkey Talk

Noticing nature: Turkey Talk

During my morning sit spot nature watch, the wild turkeys showed up and grabbed my attention! They were making lots of different sounds. Not only were they gobbling and clacking but making sounds with other parts of their bodies. They paraded around in a flock