📜 EwA Week Highlights: 🎆 Happy New Year! · Three-banded Scoliid · Winter Field Sessions & More

[Claire O'Neill]

So many sightings again in the last week of 2021! 20222 here we come!

This past week, EwA's biodiversity projects are seeing the addition of Caribbean species, as Dan is visiting the island of Puerto Rico. I am leaving tomorrow to spend a week with him, so you'll see even more this coming week. Here's to get all us a bit of sun and warmth to lighten our rainy 1st day of the year (here in Somerville, MA): 2 gorgeous three-banded scoliid wasps (Dielis trifasciata)☟. If they're over there, this means that we might also spot some Phyllophaga portoricensis (the scarabs that 'host' the larvae of that wasp species). We shall see!

EwA iNaturalist record (© Daniel Onea · El Yunque National Forest · Dec 27, 2021)

As for a local favorite: we always marvel at the sight or the call of a red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), here spotted on the very last day of the year by Deana.

EwA iNaturalist record (© Deana Thomas · North Scituate, Rhodes Island · Dec 31, 2021)

Thanks to all for great biodiversity records this week! - totaling 680 observations of 369 distinct species. Curious about this week's records that have been validated by the iNat community so far? > here.

Running tally: To date, we recorded 91,709 observations of 7,192 distinct species! Check our EwA umbrella project and see the details per site/observer & more... > here. 

EwA Coming Public Events

EwA Field Events » Check the EwA Winter Program [ Events details & registration » ] Don't miss great opportunities to follow the rhythm of the season in our local habitats and of its wildlife! Space is limited for all our field events. Wildlife ethics is important to us and we seek to avoid putting pressure on natural habitats that large gatherings unavoidably do. We are asking our audience to register-and-commit to avoid no-shows (or cancel when you know you can't come)

■ EwA Fieldwork (& Resources)

Winter schedule: We switched to weekly biodiversity scouting sessions, at Horn Pond and the Fells - replacing the weeks where we would usually survey phenology. Pheno surveys are now on a monthly schedule at all sites. Check EwA's Volunteer Program Calendar to know when things happen. And if one session is of interest to you don't hesitate to reach out to get the rendezvous location.  

EwA Sites Map | Site Protocols and Guides - Field Rosters - Field Notes > All here! | More About EwA Citizen Science Program » here

Any questions Don't be shy. Just email me or reply to this thread.

Thanks and Have a great week!

Cheers - Claire
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