BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:456@newtonconservators.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T160000 DTSTAMP:20230616T175507Z URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/cold-spring-park-bioblitz/ SUMMARY:Cold Spring Park BioBlitz (Postponed to Sunday\, 6/25 from 1-4 pm) DESCRIPTION: \;\nNOTE:  Due to expected rain\, this BioBlitz event has been postponed from Saturday\, 6/17/23\, 1-4 pm  to Sunday\, 6/25/23\, 1 -4 pm.\nAre you interested in learning more about how to identify native p lants? Or maybe you are more interested in birds or butterflies? Did you e ver wonder how many species of plants and animals inhabit Newton’s Parks and Conservation Areas? Maybe you have developed skills identifying ferns or pollinators and you want to share that knowledge with others?  Or per haps you are just curious to learn more about nature in Newton?\n\nIf this piques your interest\, join us for an upcoming Newton BioBlitz event! We will spend a few hours surveying plants and animals\, learning\, and posti ng our observations to iNaturalist. You do not need to be an experienced n aturalist or expert to participate. Families are welcome.\n\nRead more abo ut the BioBlitz effort in Newton in our Summer 2023 Newton Conservators Ne wsletter in an article by Jon Regosin  - Newton Biological Survey — Sur veying Plants and\nAnimals in our Parks and Conservation Lands. \n\nLearn how to use the iNaturalist app to take pictures for documenting what live s in Cold Spring Park.  Download this free 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 iNatur alist from our Fall 2019 Newton Conservators Newsletter.  The iNaturalist survey of Newton Parks can be found online HERE which includes the follow ing areas:  Webster Woods\, Cold Spring Park\, Edmands Park\, Flowed Mead ow\, Nahanton Park\, Dolan Pond Conservation Area\, and Kennard Park.    Each of these areas has a significant number of existing iNaturalist obser vations.  Any observations done in these areas will automatically be incl uded in the Newton Survey.\n\n\n\nTo Register for any of these BioBlitz ev ents\, click here!  Registration is encouraged but not required.  Below  is the current BioBlitz schedule for this summer and fall:\n\n Saturday \, June 17\, 1-4 pm - Cold Spring Park BioBlitz\n Sunday\, July 16\, 9-No on - Webster Woods (west) BioBlitz\n Wednesday\, July 26\, 4-6 pm - Dolan Pond (Dip-netting for aquatic invertebrates)\n Sunday\, September 10\, 9 -Noon - Nahanton Park BioBlitz\n Saturday\, September 23\, 10 am - 1 pm - Hammond Woods\n(Late season pollinators and more)\n\nWho knows what may t urn up at Cold Spring Park?  Maybe a black bear like the one reported on iNaturalist nearby  on Sunday\, June 11\, 2023?\n\nLeader is Jon Regosin. \n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://newtonconservators.org/wp-content/upload s/2023/06/20230617.jpg CATEGORIES:Guided Walks,Newton Nature Calendar,Parks LOCATION:Cold Spring Park Beacon Street trailhead\, 1200 Beacon Street\, Wa ban\, MA\, 02468\, United States GEO:42.331113;-71.213272 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1200 Beacon Street\, Waban\ , MA\, 02468\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cold Spring Park B eacon Street trailhead:geo:42.331113,-71.213272 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR