What's Your Nature?
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Game cameras in STEM presentation (North Country Wild citizen science project)
This is the presentation about the North Country Wild Game Camera project
STEM with Nature Up North presentation
This is the powerpoint we gave on doing STEM with Nature Up North and our citizen science projects.
In the schools Update
This is the third presentation from the workshop updating participants on how Nature Up North works with K-12 educators.
Citizen science presentation
This is the second powerpoint presentation from the workshop: What is citizen science?
What is Nature Up North?
This is the first presentation we gave at the workshop and it provides an overview of the Nature Up North project. Note that there was a video in the original presentation that has been replaced with a link to the video so as to reduce file size.
Twins in the neighborhood
Two twins still in spots traversing the neighborhood
Breeding Birds at Heritage Island in Canton
A quick swing around the trail at Heritage Island in late July showed several species of bird breeding, including Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, and Gray Catbird. The most amusing thing to see however was the Cedar Waxwings bathing in the Grasse River.
The Double Defense of the Milkweed Tiger Moth
This week we were gifted with the finding of caterpillars of the (admittedly common) Milkweed Tiger Moth (or Milkweed Tussock Moth, Euchaetes egle) on a milkweed plant in our yard.
These fascinating caterpillars chow all day long on milkweed plants and store ingested toxic cardiac glycosides in their bodies to make them…unpleasant…to predators such as birds. Just like Monarch butterflies do. And notice that they have similar color patterns. It’s no coincidence – the color patterns warn birds and other predators that they carry the toxin, so the predators pass them by.
Butterflies at Stone Valley
A short walk at the end of the day at Stone Valley Area yielded an assortment of birds showing signs of breeding activity, plus some fun dragonflies and butterflies.
Saying Goodbye to Summer
Whether you're paddling on the Grasse River, visiting one of our countless waterfalls, or picking up fresh veggies at a farmer's market, summer is one of the best times to be in the North Country. This summer, the four college students interning with Nature Up North got to experience that firsthand.
