October wildlife highlights of a lovely meadow right at the heart of a busy city in New England…
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🏙️ Observing Nature in the City
Nature is closer than we think – present all around us in our busy cities. She has added a few activities to ease the journey of discovering urban wildlife.
🏞️ Forest Immersion » Going Back Home
Summary ꙳ Objectives ▹ This circle is a mindful Forest Immersion. It is structured so as to make the mindfulness of the experience explicit and accessible. Ideally, Forest Immersion (or Forest Attuning) happens in a forest, but it needs not be. You can pick a meadow, a beach, or your own garden. It is important however that […]
Fresh Pond Almanac—September at the Mead
Wasps Biosurveillance and Milkweed Haven
Mid-summer highlights about the importance of wasps, and milkweed. What do they have in common? They’re often feared (wasps), or despised (milkweed). Here’s to them!
Fresh Pond Almanac—August at the Meadow
Join us as we investigate some of the insect activity at Fresh Pond, and the variety of plants that host it.
🦋 Biobliss » Documenting Species Like a
American Toad | EwA iNat Research Grade Sighting Summary ꙳ Objectives ▹ Biodiversity refers to the variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to species, and ecosystems. It encompasses the evolutionary, ecological, and cultural processes that sustain life – It is the fabric of Life on Earth. It is everywhere starting right where […]
Fresh Pond Almanac—July at the Meadow
While many people enjoy the sun, other species do as well, as revealed by the rich ecological activity at Fresh Pond this time of year.
🌺 4 Seasons Celebration » Summer
Summary ꙳ Objectives ▹ As the leaves of trees are reaching their mature size, and the canopy gets fuller, it is now harder to spot birds in those trees. Many of these trees have flowered already and are busy producing sugars and the next generation of buds. The squirrels have moved to their summer residence (leaf-and-twigs nests). The peepers […]
Fresh Pond Almanac—June at the Meadow
Prior to my time spent with EwA, I had never even heard of planthoppers or leafhoppers. However, within weeks, I saw Red-banded leafhoppers, Saddled leafhoppers, Citrus flatid planthoppers, and more at Fresh Pond! You can learn so much just from spending a few hours outdoors. Join us as we take a glance at the plant and insect activity at Fresh Pond at this time of the year.