Coggin Heeringa
Coggin Heeringa is the Program Director and Naturalist at Crossroads at Big Creek Learning Center/Nature Preserve in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, where she served as Executive Director for twenty years.
Heeringa has ten years of classroom teaching experience and was an adjunct instructor for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She also served as the naturalist at Newport State Park in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin.
She is a frequent contributor to print and broadcast media as well as a public speaker.
Heeringa has been the instructor of environmental studies at the Walter E. Hastings Nature Museum at Interlochen Arts Camp since 1971.
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The ink used to write the Declaration of Independence comes from an oak-tree-produced ball, the oak gall. -
When baby bittern birds sense danger, they stretch their little necks and point their bills skyward.
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With owls, just like in Shakespeare's "King Lear," a good father may favor one or two offspring, while the silent owlet may not survive.
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Antonin Dvorak mixed up his birds in his famous American string quartet.
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Listen this week as Coggin explains the curious connection between bees and Igor Stravinsky's Scherzo Fantastique. Hear Outdoors with Coggin Heeringa every Wednesday on Classical IPR.
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This week, Coggin muses about why lovelorn birds are the subjects of several songs and poems.Hear Outdoors with Coggin Heeringa every Wednesday on Classical IPR.
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How early is too early to plant your garden? And why? Listen to Coggin to find out!
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What do the spring peepers have to do with Baroque music? Listen to Coggin to find out!
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Why do the male bird's get the good costumes and the best singing roles? Hear Outdoors with Coggin Heeringa every Wednesday on Classical IPR.
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When will I ever use what I learned in this class?! You may be surprised by Coggin's answer!Hear Outdoors with Coggin Heeringa every Wednesday on Classical IPR.
