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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/cold-spring-park-bioblitz-2/
SUMMARY:Cold Spring Park BioBlitz (rescheduled from 6/17/23)
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in learning more about how to identify nativ
 e plants? Or maybe you are more interested in birds or butterflies? Did yo
 u ever wonder how many species of plants and animals inhabit Newton’s Pa
 rks and Conservation Areas? Maybe you have developed skills identifying fe
 rns or pollinators and you want to share that knowledge with others?  Or 
 perhaps you are just curious to learn more about nature in Newton?\n\nIf t
 his piques your interest\, join us for an upcoming Newton BioBlitz event! 
 We will spend a few hours surveying plants and animals\, learning\, and po
 sting our observations to iNaturalist. You do not need to be an experience
 d naturalist or expert to participate. Families are welcome.\n\nRead more 
 about the BioBlitz effort in Newton in our Summer 2023 Newton Conservators
  Newsletter in an article by Jon Regosin  – Newton Biological Survey 
 — Surveying Plants and\nAnimals in our Parks and Conservation Lands. \n
 \nThis event was originally scheduled for Saturday\, 6/17\, 1-4 pm but was
  rescheduled due to rain.\n\nLearn how to use the iNaturalist app to take 
 pictures for documenting what lives in Cold Spring Park.  Download this f
 ree and useful identification app to your phone or tablet beforehand from 
 the Apple App Store for iOS or the Google Play Store for Android.  Here
  is an interesting article on iNaturalist from our Fall 2019 Newton Conse
 rvators Newsletter.  The iNaturalist survey of Newton Parks can be found 
 online HERE which includes the following areas:  Webster Woods\, Cold S
 pring Park\, Edmands Park\, Flowed Meadow\, Nahanton Park\, Dolan Pond Con
 servation Area\, and Kennard Park.   Each of these areas has a significa
 nt number of existing iNaturalist observations.  Any observations done in
  these areas will automatically be included in the Newton Survey.\n\nTo Re
 gister for any of these BioBlitz events\, click here!  Registration is e
 ncouraged but not required.  Below is the current BioBlitz schedule for 
 this summer and fall:\n\n 	Saturday\, June 17\, 1-4 pm – Cold Spring Par
 k BioBlitz\n 	Sunday\, July 16\, 9-Noon – Webster Woods (west) BioBlitz\
 n 	Wednesday\, July 26\, 4-6 pm – Dolan Pond (Dip-netting for aquatic in
 vertebrates)\n 	Sunday\, September 10\, 9-Noon – Nahanton Park BioBlitz\
 n 	Saturday\, September 23\, 10 am – 1 pm – Hammond Woods\n(Late seaso
 n pollinators and more)\n\nWho knows what may turn up at Cold Spring Park?
   Maybe a black bear like the one reported on iNaturalist nearby  on S
 unday\, June 11\, 2023?\n\nLeader is Jon Regosin\, former director of Mass
  Wildlife.
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