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![Summer gives plenty of time to enjoy the wonders of nature brought on and unraveled by the setting sun.](https://gatewaynaturepreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/eveningwonders-700x635.jpg)
Ask a Naturalist: Evening Wonders
Summer gives plenty of time to enjoy the wonders of nature brought on and unraveled by the setting sun.
![Spring is the best time to listen to and learn to identify bird songs, whether you are walking by Gateway Nature Preserve or elsewhere.](https://gatewaynaturepreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BlackFridayisfortheBirdscreditCarolinaCorona-700x635.jpg)
Ask a Naturalist: Enjoying Bird Sounds
Spring is the best time to listen to and learn to identify bird songs, whether you are walking by Gateway Nature Preserve or elsewhere.
![Although the amazing variety of wildflowers is seen in NC throughout the year, nothing paints the landscape in beautiful colors like the spring ephemerals.](https://gatewaynaturepreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ephemerals_700x635_acf_cropped-700x635.jpg)
Ask a Naturalist: Wildflowers at Gateway and Beyond
Although the amazing variety of wildflowers is seen in NC throughout the year, nothing paints the landscape in beautiful colors like the spring ephemerals.
![These native tree species all grow at the Gateway Nature Preserve, many of them along the Forest Discovery Trail above Salem Creek Greenway.](https://gatewaynaturepreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Screenshot-300-700x546.png)
Ask a Naturalist: Identifying Fall Trees
These native tree species all grow at the Gateway Nature Preserve, many of them along the Forest Discovery Trail above Salem Creek Greenway.