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Using iNaturalist to Learn About Our Favorite Park: WPRR Biodiversity Club
by Sarah Walkley Trailside Nature Museum staff have been cataloging the biodiversity of Ward Pound Ridge Reservation’s 4,300 acres for decades. More recently, we have begun doing so through an online project on the electronic platform iNaturalist to allow county staff as well as visitors to easily and accurately document
Animal Profile: Great Blue Heron
by Luca Trotta The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is the largest species of heron found in North America. It can be identified by its white head and neck, black stripe over the eye, and blue-gray body/wings, although what will likely catch your eye is the sheer size of the
Pandemic Reflections
No matter how our world changes, especially as it has during these months of pandemic quarantine, we look for constants, we search for something to give us comfort, and for many, it is connecting with nature and spending quiet time in natural surroundings alone, or with family or with a
New Friends-Supported Research!
by Nick Comparato This summer marked the first season of bat monitoring at parks across Westchester county. Though delayed by the onset of COVID, our monitoring efforts successfully collected data about the bat residents of Cranberry Lake Preserve, Lenoir Pre-serve, and two locations in Ward Pound Ridge Reser-vation. This was
Confronting 2020 Challenges
by Mindy Quintero With the nature center closed since mid-March, we were challenged with coming up with creative ways to offer safe programming to the public. For over thirty years, our summers have been filled with staff and kids for our nature camp. Although it was sad to cancel, it
View from the Porch
The Pandemic and the Park, by Jeff Main We got through the worst of it back in April and May, when the Reservation was one of the very few places that were available for people to get out of their houses and enjoy the fresh air. We were literally at