Yes, we spotted our first firefly for the season just a while ago! Which meant I had to boot up my computer (I try not to turn it on on Sundays) so I could access the Firefly Watch citizen science project and submit our observations.
As volunteer participants, now we need to watch our habitat once a week for 10 minutes, then submit the data.
Yesterday, I planted my sunflower seeds for the Great Sunflower Project. That's another citizen science project that monitors bee populations. Check it out! And don't forget to send photos of ladybugs you see in your garden to the Lost Ladybug Project.
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Firefly Day
Bet you didn't know that today's Firefly Day!
Well, at least in Boston. That's where scientists at the Museum of Science are conducting a nationwide "Firefly Watch" project. It's similar to the Lost Ladybug Project, which I've contributed to. I also signed up with the firefly folks and will send data to them in the summer when fireflies appear in our back yard.
And today our sunflower seeds arrived in the mail. I'll be planting those soon so we can participate in the Great Sunflower Project, which monitors bee populations across the country.
Well, at least in Boston. That's where scientists at the Museum of Science are conducting a nationwide "Firefly Watch" project. It's similar to the Lost Ladybug Project, which I've contributed to. I also signed up with the firefly folks and will send data to them in the summer when fireflies appear in our back yard.
And today our sunflower seeds arrived in the mail. I'll be planting those soon so we can participate in the Great Sunflower Project, which monitors bee populations across the country.
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