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Author Archives: Danielle O'Dell
Rare Plants and Unique Wildlife on our Coatue Property
*Please note, this blog post was originally published in The Inquirer and Mirror on July 21th 2016 pg 6B in the article series Island Ecology. The Foundation’s Science staff will be regularly contributing to our local newspaper and reprinting articles … Continue reading
Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative’s Citizen Science Event
Who’s your Scientist?!! Over the weekend of June 10-12th, the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative invites you to participate in our Citizen Science Weekend to learn more about the research that is being conducted on Nantucket by local scientists and how you can be … Continue reading
The Six Snakes of Nantucket
The first American Oystercatchers have arrived back to Jetties Beach, mourning doves are building nests right outside the Conservation Foundation office windows, and the increase of early morning bird song surely means that spring is on its way, whether it feels like … Continue reading
Posted in Nantucket Wildlife
Tagged common garter snake, easter ribbon snake, Nantucket, rough green snake, snakes
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Sea Turtle Stranding Season
Over the last several winter seasons, Cape Cod has been experiencing record numbers of sea turtle strandings on their beaches. Last year in particular was a doozey with nearly 1,250 turtles rescued from Cape beaches. The previous record was in … Continue reading
Report Nantucket Bat Sightings!
GOT BATS? We want to hear of your sightings! Zara Dowling, a graduate student at UMass-Amherst, received a research grant from the Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative this spring to study and document the bat species on Nantucket. Zara has been working … Continue reading
Welcome to NCF’s 2015 Seasonal Botany Field Assistants
Each summer, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation hires two seasonal botany field assistants to help us collect data on a variety of projects throughout the field season. This year, we are very lucky to have Natalie Pawlikowski and Kaitlyn Evans joining … Continue reading
Four-toed Salamanders
In 2009, Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Director of Natural Science at the Maria Mitchell Association, found the very first record of a four-toed salamander for Nantucket in the vicinity of Sesachacha Pond! Andrew was working on another project at the time and … Continue reading
Posted in Nantucket Wildlife, Wetlands
Tagged four-toed salamanders, sphagnum, wetlands
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