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MTRI Late Winter Birding Spring BioBlitz Walk
March 16 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Get free tickets for our first Spring BioBlitz walk here!
The Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute is hosting a 20 day iNaturalist BioBlitz in Kespukwitk, Southwest Nova Scotia. Get out and look for signs of spring and get to know your local organisms as they emerge! Join us for guided walks to boost your ID skills. Join the iNaturalist project here:
This first walk will feature the last winter birds, who have stuck around until the first weeks of spring. Learn how to identify birds by sight sound and their fascinating behaviours! We recommend participants show up with comfortable and weather appropriate hiking shoes and clothing. Binoculars are encouraged as well as a camera or phone to take pictures with! Stay tuned for more walks in the near future.
MTRI has been hosting BioBlitz events since in 2020 and is excited to continue this tradition that encourages our understanding of the flora, fauna, and fungi that call Kespukwitk home. This year we are encouraging participants to look for early signs of spring, such as tree buds, emerging amphibians, or even lingering flocks of sea ducks. Observations that do not fit into this category are welcome as well! Be sure to submit observations of reptiles and amphibians to the Nova Scotia Herp Atlas Project: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/nova-scotia-herp-atlas
To participate, log on to iNaturalist and submit your photos to this project and help others with their identifications. Participate in guided walks and learn from experts. Those who submit three or more observations will be eligible to win prizes and stickers!
Visit us at https://www.merseytobeatic.ca/ to learn more about our mission.
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