- BioBlitz
- Friday
- Saturday
BioBlitz
On August 23-24, 2013 staff and volunteers
conducted a 24-hour inventory
of the flora and fauna at the
Piedmont Wildlife Center
Friday's activities focused largely on the biological inventory. Teams were organized by category, such as the Herps or herpetologists, who looked for reptiles like snakes (on purpose).
Team leaders noted each speciman on clip boards
with as much detail, as possible.
After dark, special lighting & draped cloths provided
a unique opporutnity to study moths
Some limited educational opportunities like the Owl Prowl
and owl encounter were offered, as well.
Saturday's events continued the inventory, but
also included many more
free educational opportunities
for guests.
Inventory categories included, but were not limited to: birds, butterfiles, herps, dragonflies, fish, amphibianlms, plants, trees, arthropods, aquatic inverts and mammals.
Guests enjoyed learning how to use
telemetry to track our box turtles, getting up close and personal with insects, a raptor encounter, guided and unguided nature walks, and much more.
Support the efforts of the
Piedmont Wildlife Center
Make your donation today to:
364 Leigh Farm Road
Durham, NC 27707
| Friday Evening's Activities Focused on the Biological Inventory | |
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| Selling T-shirts provided a fund-raising opportunity. Some of the Center's resident creatures were present. | |
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| Volunteers met at Base Camp and other locations prior to the inventory sessions. | |
 Will Cook led the "Birds & Butterfiles" Team |
 Part of the "Herp's" Team |
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| Please send us your photographs from BioBlitz | |
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 The Herps Team |
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| Hard-working staff and volunteers insured that the operations went smoothly, and even fed us. | |
 "Miracle", the frizzled dove, is always a crowd pleaser. |
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| Guests who participated in the Owl Prowl enjoyed a demonstration of the calls of the screech owl, the barred owl, and even monkey calling. The Owl Prowl concluded with a visit by "Otus", the screech owl, and "Athena", the barred owl. |
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| Volunteers worked late into the night using only a headlamp for illumination. Base Camp remained dark to promote a special opportunity to view moths. |
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 Black lights and other light sources were used to draw moths. |
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| Saturday's events included more inventories, but also included free educational opportunities for guests. | |
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| A session on telemetry taught participants how the Center tracks turtles, and even allowed youngsters to practice with the equipment. | |
 A cage protects the eggs of a box turtle from predators. |
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 Participants learned to identify a turtle from harmless carvings on its shell. |
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| "Ivan", the Red-Tailed Hawk | |
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| Guests learned a lot about insects from Adam, one of our interns, who just loves bugs. | |
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| This Praying Mantis was determined to get up close and personal. | |
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 Guests joined our volunteers in a butterfly netting experience at one our ponds. |
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 Packing up until next time. |
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