Scott Shumway, Professor of Biology at Wheaton College, leads this nature hike to explore one of the wildest places in Westborough. This large tract connects with the Libbey Reservation to create an extensive 200-acre wildlife corridor. We will see traces of historic logging and vernal pools, plus abundant ferns as we walk through lush forests of maple, oak and pine. Perhaps the song of the elusive ovenbird or wood peewee will catch our ears. Meet at end of Carroll Drive (off of West Main/Kendall/Frances Dr.) for this 1- to 2-mile hike.
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Celebrate the opening of this trail network from Sawink Farm Reservation to Southborough’s Walnut Hill. This hike will explore the new trail that links Westborough to Southborough conservation properties. Park at Sawink Reservation. (Co-sponsored by Sudbury Valley Trustees.)
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7:00 PM: For forty days and forty nights, naturalists Charley Eiseman and Noah Charney traveled the continent. They returned with thousands of photographs, not of Yosemite's grand vistas or Yellowstone's bison herds, but of tiny eggs stuck to flagpoles, origami made by beetles, and the artfully crafted portable houses of caddisfly larvae. The trip was field work for their new book, Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates, which won the 2010 National Outdoor Book Award for best nature guidebook. Egg cases, cocoons, galls, leaf mines, burrows, nests, and many other curiosities are illustrated in the book’s pages. In this talk, the authors will show images of exquisite invertebrate-created objects, discuss mind-boggling natural history, and share amusing anecdotes from their eccentric journeys. Professional entomologists and bug-haters alike have found themselves rolling with laughter and staring in horrified fascination during this entertaining presentation. Presentation followed by reception and refreshments.
8:00 PM: Annual Meeting
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