2022 in Urban Nature Walks
Ghost pipe, monotropa uniflora
January (postponed to Feb 6 due to weather): Pine Banks Park, Malden, with guest expert Kari Percival
Fisher tracks, Pekania pennanti
February 27, Houghton's Pond, Milton MA with guest expert James Lawson
American robin, Turdus migratorius
March 27, Holyoke Heritage State Park, Holyoke MA with guest expert Meghadeepa Maity
Biscogniauxia marginata
April 24, Saugus Iron Works, Saugus MA with guest expert Nicole Werth
Bronzed cutworm, Nephelodes minians, with parasitic wasp larvae
May 29, Alewife Brook Reservation, Cambridge MA
Rock Polypody, Polypodium virginianum
June 26, Hammond Pond Reservation with guest expert Don Lubin
Common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina
July 31 at Franklin Park, Boston, with guest expert Nature Man Mike Bryant
Dog Vomit Slime Mold
August 28, Hancock Woods, Boston, with guest expert Maria Pinto
September Walk, canceled due to weather
(planned trip to Spectacle Island scuttled by rough seas)
Melanistic eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
October 30, Springfield Cemetery, Springfield MA
Woolly alder aphids, Prociphilus tessellatus
November 27, Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Refuge, Longmeadow MA with guest expert Meghadeepa Maity
Northern seaside goldenrod, Solanum sempervirens
December 25, Lechmere Canal Park, North Point Park, and Paul Revere Park, Cambridge, Boston, and Charlestown MA