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What are you doing this weekend? We have 2 events

What are you doing this weekend? We have 2 events running this Saturday (September 14) - a Bug Walk and a BioBlitz.

🐞The Bug Walk is @10am-12pm at the Botanical Gardens. Explore the Garden with insect and spider experts Sean McCann and Catherine Scott! Learn about bugs and where to find them, the relationships they have with plants and other animals, and more.
Children of all ages are welcome. This event is free of charge. 🕷️

🥾The BioBlitz + Nature Walk is @10am-12:30pm at the Burnt Head Trail in Cupids. We will try to identify as many species as possible with iNaturalist! The hike is a 3.1 km loop. All ages are welcome. Snacks will be provided! Please register using the link in our bio OR on our Facebook event page.🌊

This past weekend, our NatureHood team travelled t

This past weekend, our NatureHood team travelled to the Terra Nova Park Visitors Centre with 27 of our friends from the Association for New Canadians to learn about the Migratory Bird Sanctuary!

🦆The wonderful Parks staff gave us a tour of the visitors centre and taught us all about the marine creatures in their super fun touch tank!

🪼It was a beautiful day for a hike along the coastline while we completed a nature scavenger hunt.

🦐We saw some shorebirds, songbirds, and even got a chance for an up close look at some shrimp and aquatic insects from the Tidal Flats.

🐟Thank you to our NatureHood funder, Nature Canada, for allowing this field trip to happen, and TD Friends of the Environment! Another huge thank you to Parsons & Sons Transportation, and the Terra Nova National Park staff for all of their help throughout the day! We cannot wait to come back and visit again soon!

@naturecanada_ @parks.canada @td_canada @anc.nl

#naturehood #newfoundland #explorenl #birds #getoutside

It’s Wednesday which means #WetlandWednesday #Sp

It’s Wednesday which means #WetlandWednesday #SpeciesFeature. This week we welcome a showy wetland flower, the Blue Flag Iris (Iris vericolor)!

A graceful, sword-leaved plant with purple, downward-curving petals with bold veins. These distinct veins likely guide pollinating insects to the food within.

The Blue Flag is one of the largest flowers you can see in Newfoundland wetlands. They prefer wet and grassy areas.

There are over 300 species of irises in the world, most of which are native to Europe and Asia, but the Blue Flag is native to eastern Canada.

#WetlandWednesday
#Wetlands #WetlandAppreciation
#ExploreNL
#NatureNL
#NewfoundlandandLabrador

📸: @_jill_taylor

@FisheriesOceansCAN @AquaticConservationInititative

We just received our first donation of an old vehi

We just received our first donation of an old vehicle through Donate A Car Canada. Donate A Car Canada will pick up your old vehicle, you'll receive a tax receipt, and Nature NL will receive a donation based on the value of the car! 🚗🛻 Check out the link in our bio for more info.

Don't have an old vehicle to donate? There are other ways to support Nature NL 🌞

It’s Wednesday which means #WetlandWednesday #Sp

It’s Wednesday which means #WetlandWednesday #SpeciesFeature the Northern Bluet (Enallagma annexum).

This insect is a type of damselfly and is older than the dinosaurs, having been on earth for more than 300 million years. Bluets have six legs, but cannot use them to walk. They are found throughout the world, everywhere except Antarctica.

Instead of an eyeball with one lens, like human eyes, insects have compound eyes, made of many lenses, making them look like a tiny honeycomb. Damselflies have large, compound eyes that occupy most of the head, providing them with excellent vision and the ability to detect movement from a great distance.

The Northern Bluet loves wetlands, including well-vegetated marshes, bog ponds, vernal pools, ponds, lakes, and sometimes slow-flowing streams.

#WetlandWednesday
#Wetlands #WetlandAppreciation
#ExploreNL
#NatureNL
#NewfoundlandandLabrador

@FisheriesOceansCAN @AquaticConservationInititative

📸: @briannaelsie_

Exciting announcement! From the stories trees tell

Exciting announcement! From the stories trees tell us over hiking the entire (!) Appalachian Trail to Labrador Night, our Public Talk Series this season is promising.

We are kicking it off with “Stories Trees Tell” on September 19th 7:30pm @memorialuniversity

In-person: Science Building, Memorial University, Room
SN 2109

Online: see zoom link in Facebook event
Trees are long-lived, sessile organisms; not the group one might immediately think of to study the impacts of climate change. Yet, trees record a history of the conditions they have experienced. Their wood can tell us the story of that history, helping us to understand the environment through the tree’s lifespan, disturbances it may have experienced, or the history of an object made of that wood. Trees can also tell us stories by where they do and do not grow. Those stories help us predict where they may (or may not) occur in the future under ongoing global change. Using examples from 1) alpine treeline, 2) fire ecology, and 3) a dendroarchaeology involving a mysterious shipwreck, we will explore how we can turn to trees to understand the past, present, and future of places and things.

Please note that some talks are only online while some are in-person + online.

September (online & in person - see below)
October (online only)
November (online only)
January - Making a Buzz About Bugs (online & in person)
February - Grad Night (online only)
March - AGM
April - Labrador Night (online only)

As always, we had a great time with our friends @a

As always, we had a great time with our friends @anc.nl as part of our #NatureHoodNL project!

We found *almost* all of the species on our nature scavenger hunt and then we made wildflower seeds bombs 🌞🪻🦋

#natureforall #natureNL #explorenl #newfoundlandandlabrador

It’s Wednesday which means #WetlandWednesday #Sp

It’s Wednesday which means #WetlandWednesday #SpeciesFeature. This week we welcome NL’s Provincial Flower: The Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)!

You may have more in common with this plant than you think. Both humans and pitcher plants secrete a rich variety of digestive enzymes and have highly acidic digestive fluids.

While you may enjoy cereal for breakfast, a pitcher plant prefers insects! They lure insects with a sweet-smelling nectar. Once an insect falls into the pitcher, it is almost impossible to get out because the slippery rim, or peristome, prevents insects from gaining the traction needed to escape.

The NL Cabinet designated this carnivorous plant as the official flower of the province in 1954. You can find this provincial flower in the nutrient deficient soils of bogs and fens.

📸: @briannaelsie_

#WetlandWednesday
#Wetlands #WetlandAppreciation
#ExploreNL
#NatureNL
#NewfoundlandandLabrador
#provincialflower

@FisheriesOceansCAN @AquaticConservationInititative

We'll be selling our new insect guides (doubled-si

We'll be selling our new insect guides (doubled-sided & laminated) for $5/guide at Moth Night tomorrow 🌝

Our Macro Photography Workshop on Saturday at the

Our Macro Photography Workshop on Saturday at the Memorial University Botanical Garden was a buzzing blast!

Thank you to everyone who attended, to Nature NL's board member Sean McCann for leading the workshop, to our project partners @Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador, Memorial University Botanical Garden, and @The Rooms, and of course to Memorial University's Office of Public Engagement for supporting our Insect Monitoring Project!

#Insects #natureforall #Explorenl #NewfoundlandandandLabrador #NatureNL #naturehoodnl #ExploreNL

Yesterday we conducted our Waterbird Monitoring Su

Yesterday we conducted our Waterbird Monitoring Survey with @nature.nb 🐦

Highlights of the day included: ruddy turnstones, yellowlegs, a bald eagle, a merlin, a murre and a big blueberry patch🫐

The goal of this project is to collect baseline data of bird activity along the coastal regions of the Avalon Peninsula to inform oil spill preparedness and industrial development proposals.

If that sounds like something you’d be interested in volunteering with, email our Program Coordinator Jill at programs@naturenl.ca

#explorenl #birdnl #newfoundlandandlabrador #birds

We had a blast in Corner Brook last weekend! Tha

We had a blast in Corner Brook last weekend!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Insects in the Park event 🕷🐞🦋🪰🐜🦟

#NatureNL #Insects #Explorenl #natureforall #NewfoundlandandandLabrador #CornerBrook

We're moving our Moth Night at The Rooms to next w

We're moving our Moth Night at The Rooms to next week (Wednesday, August 28) due to the weather. This is a family friendly and free event to attend.

#newfoundlandandlabrador #Explorenl #Insects #MothNight #NatureNL #NewfoundlandandandLabrador #natureforall #naturehoodnl #ExploreNL

It's time for our 2nd Moth Night of the year! Join

It's time for our 2nd Moth Night of the year! Join us @The Rooms for a fun and free evening outside!

We can't wait 🌝

A big thank you to @Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador's Office of Public Engagement for supporting our buzzing bug project!
#NatureNL #NewfoundlandandandLabrador #inat #naturehoodnl #Insects #Explorenl #newfoundlandandlabrador #natureforall #MothNight

NEW LAMINATED GUIDES! Did you know that Nature N

NEW LAMINATED GUIDES!

Did you know that Nature NL sells laminated species guides perfect for your outdoor adventures for $5/guide? 🐝🦋🕷🌲🌻🌼🦀

Check out our most recent ones on our shop: https://naturenl.ca/shop-woo/

Available guides include:
- Common Bees & Lookalikes of NL 🐝
- Common Butterflies & Moths of NL 🦋
- Some Common Garden Insects of NL 🕷
- Marine ID Guide for Coastal Newfoundland (underwater safe, we tested it while snorkelling!) 🤿
- Common Native Wildflowers 🌼
- Common Non-native Wildflowers 🌷
- Native Trees & Shrubs 🌲
- Winter Gulls ad Quidi Vidi Lake (Adults Gulls in Winter) 🐥*

#Insects #newfoundlandandlabrador #Explorenl #naturenl #NatureNL #NewfoundlandandandLabrador #naturehoodnl #natureforall #Explorenl #birdwatching

*(we're missing a selection of seagull emojis!🙂)

Calling nature photographers of all levels: We're

Calling nature photographers of all levels: We're hosting a Macro Photography + iNaturalist Workshop on August 24th at 10am in St John's 🦋🐛🪰🐜🐝🕷

Please note that there's very limited space so you are required to sign up in advance (first come, first served). You'll receive an email once you're registration has been processed to let you know if you're in or waitlisted.

Registration link can be found in our bio!

#Insects #naturenl #NatureNL #natureforall #Explorenl #NewfoundlandandandLabrador #naturehoodnl #newfoundlandandlabrador #inat

Join us on Wednesday August 21 @ 8:30pm-11pm @ther

Join us on Wednesday August 21 @ 8:30pm-11pm @therooms_nl for our second Moth Night of the year!

Check out the Event tab on our Facebook page for more info!

#newfoundland #insects #moths #getoutside

Join #NatureNL and the Canadian Entomological Soci

Join #NatureNL and the Canadian Entomological Society for a fun family friendly event in #CornerBrook on Saturday, August 17 🦋🐝🕷

#natureforall #NewfoundlandandandLabrador #naturenl #Explorenl #Insects

We just completed our BioBlitz in Bonavista! We I

We just completed our BioBlitz in Bonavista!

We ID’d a lot of flowers, insects, birds and even made the first observation of green frogs in Bonavista🐸🐝🌸🕷🐛🐤

This project is funded by @fisheriesoceanscan

#explorenl #wetlands #getoutside #science #newfoundland

We had a lot of fun at our Bug Walk @mun_botanical

We had a lot of fun at our Bug Walk @mun_botanical_garden this past weekend🐝🐞🪲🐛

If you’re into bugs, we another Moth Night @therooms_nl on August 21 from 8:30pm-11:00pm! See the Event tab on our Facebook page for more info🦋

#explorenl #bugs #science #biology #getoutside

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