Fresh Pond Reservation

Toad NUTS (Noordhoek Unpaid Toad Savers) works to save Western Leopard Toads (Amietophrynus pantherinus) outside Cape Town, South Africa.

The Encyclopedia of Life aims to catalog every living thing on the planet. Individuals can contribute images via the EOL Flickr group.

"Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth..." - Edward O. Wilson

Ninety years of birdwatchers' notes are now online at the North American Bird Phenology Program located in Laurel, Maryland.

Squirrel sightings: http://www.projectsquirrel.org

Bird photos: http://www.audubon.org/Bird/cbc

http://ibc.lynxeds.com/users/josep-del-hoyo

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit [includes a big list of citizen science sites ... thanks to Rick Bonney and a commenter for the link]

Internet Bird Collection: http://ibc.lynxeds.com

Ant anthologies: http://www.antweb.org/bayarea.jsp

Water quality info: http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org

Beetle hunts: http://www.hort.cornell.edu/vlb

Firefly tracking: http://sciencecheerleader.com/2009/04/firefly_day_this_saturday

Project BudBurst, in Boulder, Colorado, has the goal of tracking amateur data about plant species as a means of tracking climate change.

Related organizations:

AskNature asks how nature solves the problems of everyday life for all sorts of living things.

The Biomimicry Institute is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to nurture and grow a global community of people who are learning from, emulating, and conserving life's genius to create a healthier, more sustainable planet.

All About Birds

http://whatbird.com

Birds of Massachusetts

List of Collective nouns for birds

These were called helicopters by me and my childhood pals. These were great fun to, for example, take up to the third floor of, say, your grandparents house, and toss hundreds of them into the air. SOME grandparents, however, did not seem to understand just how much fun it was. View all of today's photos HERE.

Today seems to be mostly about Cassady's walk along the athletic field hilltop--and one person who found her to be a very scary dog!

Inky Cap mushrooms are busting out all over. Eric deigns to go for a walk with me and Cassady.

Click image to the left to see weather for the month of May 2005.

Click image to the left to see all photos for May 31, 2005

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EDT,Max TemperatureF,Mean TemperatureF,Min TemperatureF,Max Dew PointF,MeanDew PointF,Min DewpointF,Max Humidity, Mean Humidity, Min Humidity, Max Sea Level PressureIn, Mean Sea Level PressureIn, Min Sea Level PressureIn, Max VisibilityMiles, Mean VisibilityMiles, Min VisibilityMiles, Max Wind SpeedMPH, Mean Wind SpeedMPH, Max Gust SpeedMPH,PrecipitationIn, CloudCover, Events

2005-5-1,59,55,50,54,52,32,100,71,41,29.91,29.71,29.67,10,8,2,21,9,26,0.10,8,Rain
2005-5-2,63,54,44,39,32,30,76,54,32,29.99,29.94,29.86,10,10,10,26,14,37,0.04,0,Rain
2005-5-3,59,52,44,39,34,26,82,56,30,30.17,30.03,29.93,10,10,10,21,12,24,0.00,2,
2005-5-4,55,50,45,37,30,25,59,47,35,30.43,30.31,30.19,10,10,10,16,8,20,T,6,Rain
2005-5-5,55,49,42,38,30,28,71,55,38,30.55,30.50,30.43,10,10,10,18,9,21,0.00,0,
2005-5-6,52,48,43,43,38,32,82,68,54,30.49,30.37,30.22,10,10,10,17,10,22,0.04,6,
2005-5-7,47,45,42,43,42,38,93,88,82,30.21,29.95,29.77,10,5,2,40,25,46,0.56,8,Rain
2005-5-8,49,46,42,45,37,36,86,79,71,29.94,29.80,29.73,10,7,2,25,19,38,0.05,8,Rain
2005-5-9,53,50,46,45,44,42,93,82,71,30.09,29.96,29.94,10,8,4,20,10,23,T,8,Rain
2005-5-10,60,55,49,48,43,43,86,77,67,30.12,30.09,30.05,10,10,10,14,8,15,0.00,8,
2005-5-11,76,62,47,53,47,44,86,66,46,30.04,29.93,29.84,10,10,8,17,10,20,0.00,0,
2005-5-12,62,54,45,53,31,10,77,46,14,30.33,30.10,29.84,10,10,10,26,15,35,0.00,4,
2005-5-13,65,52,39,19,17,13,44,29,13,30.41,30.24,30.11,10,10,10,18,11,24,0.00,0,
2005-5-14,59,54,48,47,38,20,83,55,26,30.09,29.96,29.86,10,10,6,13,6,13,0.00,5,
2005-5-15,55,50,45,47,46,40,93,85,77,29.91,29.82,29.81,10,10,5,16,11,21,0.01,7,Rain
2005-5-16,53,49,44,46,42,41,93,84,74,30.02,29.91,29.87,10,9,2,15,8,16,0.27,8,Rain
2005-5-17,61,55,48,48,45,39,93,72,51,30.12,30.04,30.03,10,9,5,20,10,22,0.00,8,
2005-5-18,53,50,46,46,46,44,100,89,77,30.15,30.11,30.07,10,5,0,15,7,18,0.04,8,Fog-Rain
2005-5-19,61,54,46,45,44,39,93,70,46,30.12,30.10,30.06,10,10,7,14,9,17,0.01,6,Rain
2005-5-20,64,56,48,44,43,39,80,62,43,30.06,30.02,29.94,10,10,7,20,10,23,0.00,6,
2005-5-21,54,50,46,46,43,42,93,82,71,29.95,29.93,29.81,10,9,6,23,13,26,0.23,4,Rain
2005-5-22,56,51,46,45,44,41,93,76,59,29.78,29.76,29.69,10,10,10,18,10,23,0.03,8,Rain
2005-5-23,52,49,45,46,42,41,93,84,74,29.73,29.72,29.53,10,6,2,25,12,29,0.06,8,Rain
2005-5-24,47,46,44,45,43,41,93,90,86,29.91,29.74,29.54,10,4,0,36,24,45,0.92,8,Rain
2005-5-25,48,45,41,47,43,42,100,97,93,29.88,29.77,29.67,7,3,2,41,30,51,0.74,8,Rain
2005-5-26,52,49,46,49,46,45,100,92,83,29.72,29.66,29.64,10,4,2,36,15,41,0.54,8,Rain-Thunderstorm
2005-5-27,61,56,51,53,49,48,90,79,67,29.79,29.65,29.65,10,10,8,13,7,15,T,8,Rain
2005-5-28,78,66,53,55,52,44,93,62,30,29.80,29.77,29.73,10,10,2,22,10,28,0.16,2,Rain-Thunderstorm
2005-5-29,66,60,53,54,53,50,93,83,72,29.83,29.72,29.69,10,8,2,13,5,15,0.13,6,Rain-Thunderstorm
2005-5-30,71,63,55,55,53,48,93,69,44,29.95,29.83,29.82,10,9,3,18,6,25,0.04,4,Rain-Thunderstorm
2005-5-31,56,53,50,54,52,46,96,88,80,30.20,30.04,29.94,10,5,0,13,8,14,0.01,6,Rain

To see all May 30, 2005, photos, click HERE.

Egret on the Hood

This location is FPR5. The dog on the right is Cassady.

This is called FPR3, or, more aesthetically, The Cathedral.

This is a baby Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus squamosus). They can grow to more than a foot across.

In another photo you will see a baby robin that was knocked out of the nest too soon by an unusual windstorm yesterday. The parents continue to hang around and feed it. There is a possibility it will get caught by a raccoon or a raptor.

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There are two kinds of Witch-hazel at Fresh Pond Reservation. This is the very early blooming variety.

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Dead Man's Fingers - mushroom - fungi - mature

Dog Vomit Slime Mold - Fuligo septica

Dryad Saddle - fungus/mushroom - Polyporus squamosus

Eric and I spent part of the day pulling Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), an invasive species, on the hilltop behind the soccer field. Feel free to pull this stuff up anywhere you find it--but be sure it is Garlic Mustard and not a look-alike.



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Beach Watchers

Bird Lovers

Hitchhikers (invasive species)

Amateurs Unite - The Society for Amateur Scientists (LABRats: science scouting program)

Science for Kids

Raptors In The City

Cool Science

Science Made Simple

Yucky!

Space Kids

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu

Fat Lion

Plant Science information

Eek!

Chemistry for Kids

Live Monarch Butterflies

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