Our NEWT (Naturalist-Eco-Wild-Team) program is a naturalist group that learns about the plants and animals in our local environment. Each week, we'll explore different areas of Huron Natural Area to see what we can see.
Week 1 of our NEWTs naturalist program had us looking in the meadow.
Week 1 of our NEWTs naturalist program had us looking in the meadow.
Supper time for this black and yellow garden spider!
After this, we made our way down to the pond for a quick peek.
We started our nature journals, where we'll keep track of things that we see and hear. This is a list of some of the we saw:
It's amazing what you can see in just an hour and a half. What a great group of observant NEWTs we have!
- grasshopper
- bumblebee
- blue dragonfly
- leopard frog
- red dragonfly
- shield bug
- praying mantis
- ladybug
- monarch butterfly
- wooly bear caterpillar
- coltsfoot
- goldenrod
- Queen Anne's lace
- sumac
- red pine
- sugar maple
- herb Robert
- thimbleberry
- jewelweed
- algae
- cattail
- painted turtle
- frog
- black and yellow garden spider
- wild grapes
- white pine
- milkweed
- snail
- New England aster
It's amazing what you can see in just an hour and a half. What a great group of observant NEWTs we have!
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