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NEWTs: in the meadow

10/1/2015

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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. 
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Supper time for this black and yellow garden spider!
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After this, we made our way down to the pond for a quick peek.
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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:
  • 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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