#WellsME - Signs of the Seasons #CommunityScienceTraining- date change to 4/29/26

Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 10:30am – 12:30pm

Learn how to easily turn your nature observations into valuable research data.

Reservations Required!

"Are you in tune with nature and your wild neighbors? Do you notice when the red maple flowers burst in the spring, when monarch caterpillars begin to munch on milkweed in late summer, or when the first leaves drop in autumn?

Join us at our #SignsOfTheSeasons Community Science Workshop and learn how to turn your nature observations into valuable data used by scientists (nationally and globally) to document seasonal and long-term change.

Signs of the Seasons, is a #MaineSeaGrant community science program that trains volunteers to observe and record #phenology (seasonal changes) in #plants and #animals using #NaturesNotebook. Participants will learn about the why and how-to of collecting phenology data, practice making observations, and leave with the tools and knowledge to document changes in their own backyard or community.

This workshop will include a presentation as well as hands-on learning with plant specimens. While the majority of this in-person workshop will take place inside, please come prepared to spend some time outside making observations. "

The date of this program has changed to 4/29. Please register at the event listing on Wed April 29th. Thank you!"

Cost: Free

FMI and to register:
https://wellsreserve.org/event/86851/signs-of-the-seasons-community-science-training--date-change-to-4/29/26

#SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScience #ObservingNature #Nature #LaudholmReserve #MaineEvents #SpendTimeInNature

Must be spring, because the vultures are back. The lilacs and one of my little cherry trees are starting to blossom.

I got a postcard from nantucketlit.com/postcards with a poem by @asakiyume

#BloomScrolling #phenology

A Mango tree in full bloom, 5th March 2026, in Delhi

Meanwhile in South India mango fruit are being sold by fruit sellers both boutique and normal (meaning to say easily available) (see linked post)

#IndiasNature #trees #aam #mango #MangiferaIndica #Trees #Plants #flowering #Delhi #nature #phenology #seasonwatch

https://mastodon.social/@ramkay/116302021176551342

Spring is in the air, it is on the ground, and it is showing up on winter deciduous trees.

This cluster shows a still leafless Himalayan Birch (Betula alnoides) full of yellow catkins, the other taller trees are Himalayan Alder (Alnus nepalensis) which have new leaves & leaf buds. The dark evergreen trees are Tree Rhododendron (Rhododendron arboreum).

#trees #nature #spring #Hinalayas #IndiasNature #HimalayaSpeaks #HimalayanBirch #Alder #Rhododendron #Phenology #catkins #biology #ecology

🌱 Flowers open, forests shift, and ancient trees move through their days with a quiet sense of rhythm. What if plants keep time more subtly than our clocks?

✍️ Explore the quiet clocks of plant life: https://TPC8.short.gy/3qxzQGl1

A different kind of timekeeping waits beneath each leaf.

#Plants #Science #Circadian #Biology #Phenology #Nature #Botany #TPC8

Oooh, did you know next week is Phenology Week in the US?

https://www.usanpn.org/news/article/phenology-week-march-17-21-2025

#phenology #PhenologyWeek

RE: https://botany.social/@AnnBot/116187794057281597

"The advanced flowering phenology and changes in flowering duration reported here were of unprecedented magnitude, showcasing the extreme effects of climate change on Mediterranean ecosystems."

#ClimateChange #ecology #phenology