Day One
It’s the evening of the first day of the Western Mass City Nature Challenge and we hope you had a great time today! It was lovely to meet some of you at today’s events and we hope to see more of you at events over the next three days.
As of 7PM on the 28th, the numbers stand at 281 observations of 162 species, made by 60 observers. A great start! And we know many people haven’t uploaded all their observations from today yet. Here are some of the highlights:
- @pshubin observed a cool leafhopper in Amherst. We’re curious to see which species this turns out to be!
- @kristinejellybean took a lovely photo of blooming Canada Violet in Egremont.
- @treefrogjodi observed everyone’s favorite, an Eastern Red-backed Salamander, in Pelham.
- @maxwell_francke photographed these shed skins of stoneflies (maybe two different species? we certainly don’t know) in Amherst.
Tomorrow’s events include:
Bioblitz at Notchview, Windsor
Saturday, April 29, 2023; 9AM – 11AM; main entrance off Rt. 9 in Windsor
Join Lynn Harper for a hike through the fields and forests of the 3,000-acre Notchview property of the Trustees of Reservations. Lynn is a conservation planner, retired from the MA Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program. There is no limit to the number of participants for this trip, but please email Lynn at harperlynn@msn.com if you’re planning to come.
Vernal Pool Nature Walk
Saturday, April 29, 2023; 1PM – 3PM; Wendell
Join Karro Frost, Conservation Botanist with the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program, at a private Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust property in Wendell to explore the wildlife of vernal pools. Space is limited to 15 participants. Before the event, please download the iNaturalist app onto your smartphone. To register, please e-mail Jess Bryant at bryant@mountgrace.org; she will send the address of the meeting place.
---Lynn Harper and Melanie Radik, co-organizers
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