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Day Road, Pittsburg, NH
One of 62 along Day Road (personal high count, and possibly a state high count).
Pittsburg CBC
A flock of migrant Boreal Chickadees has been steadily growing at Whitefish Point in spring 2011. This spring flights used to be more common, but this species has become scare at WP. This current flight started in early April when I was on the Hawk Deck and a couple birds flew in. Since then the numbers have built to the upper 30s/low 40s by the tail end of May. I have not seen BOCHs in these kind of numbers here since 2002.
Change for India helps provide bore wells to rural villages without sufficent water. Bore wells in India are a great source of clean drinking water.
Marstonia lustrica
State Listed as Endangered in Massachusetts
The boreal marstonia belongs to the Hydrobiidae family of snails, and like most has a conical spiral shell. Their shells are very thin, a light shade of brown or green, and include four to six whorls. Marstonias can be found on rocks or vegetation in freshwater lakes and rivers in the eastern states. This species of snail requires a male and female to reproduce, and after fertilization the female transfers her eggs to the shells of other snails or buries them in sediment. Snails feed on aquatic plants, and play a vital role in water quality.
In Massachusetts specifically, the boreal marstonia snails are endangered due to loss of habitat, human development, and herbicide treatment. Boreal Marstonia populations in Massachusetts are limited to only one lake and are threatened by activities such as lakeshore development, aquatic plant mowing, herbicide treatment, and water level drawdowns. The resulting decrease in water clarity can prevent the growth of rooted aquatic vegetation in deeper waters, which may be essential for the survival of the species. Much habitat is lost due to landowners and communities clearing out or trimming aquatic plants. A healthy population of snails in the area will keep the growth of algae and plants under control. Losing snails will result in massive overgrowth of aquatic plants and will affect the quality of water. It is important for the public to allow the snails to primarily oversee the aquatic plant growth and allow them to continue to do the job they were created to do. In addition, when swimming, stay in areas set aside for human recreation.
The Endangered Species Project: New England
Exhibition Dates: February 4 - April 14, 2019
Public Lecture and Closing Reception with the Artist: Saturday, April 13
Gallery Hours: M-F 10am - 8pm; Weekends 10am-5pm
Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave, Allston, Massachusetts 02134
Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard is pleased to present an exhibition of work from Montana-based potter Julia Galloway's most recent body of work, The Endangered Species Project: New England. Galloway works from each state's official list of species identified as endangered, threatened or extinct. She has created a series of covered jars, one urn for each species, illustrating the smallest Agassiz Clam Shrimp to the largest Eastern Elk.
Read more about this exhibition here:
ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics/gallery224/endangered-specie...
Photo ID: 76122 Le Boreal
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