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February 3, 2022

New England Plant ID-a-thon, Feb. 25-27, 2022

If you're interested in plants in New England, or just want to learn how to make IDs on iNaturalist, this project is for you! Come join the project at https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/new-england-plants-id-a-thon-feb-25-27-2022

If you've never joined a project before, look for the Join button towards the top right of the page I just linked to. Click that, answer a couple of questions from iNat (the answers don't matter for this project), and you're in! You definitely don't need to be an expert to make IDs on iNat (I'm not), but if you can identify Queen Anne's Lace or Pickerelweed or Striped Maple or Oriental Bittersweet or other common plants like that, you can help out. Making IDs on other people's observations on iNat is an important part of the process towards getting more people involved with the natural world, plus you'll learn a lot.

And what else are you planning for a late February weekend during a pandemic, anyway?

Any questions, feel free to ask!

(Posted by lynnharper, February 02, 2022 05:52 PM)

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February 26, 2022

Asa Fitch and Winter Insects 1847 and Today

This short blog provides a great overview of winter insects to look for when out and about at Stinson Lake. I have found that insects are easiest to spot just after a fresh snow, when the temperature is between 25 and 32. Please post what you find!
https://hvfarmscape.org/blog/winter-insects-1847-today

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