Education/Outreach Committee Meeting
Education/Outreach Committee Meeting
The Education and Outreach Committee will meet at the Chapel Hill Public Library.
Moth Madness!
Moth Madness!
Join NCBP member David George for a moth night event at the Chapel Hill Public Library. In addition to the moth sheets, we will have a variety of activities and prizes. Please register for the event on the library website.
Orange County Butterfly Count
Orange County Butterfly Count
Join NCBP member Brian Bockhahn for the Orange County butterfly count.
Description: Butterfly and bird counts focus on identification and counting of subject critters, but we of course enjoy observing everything. Bring binoculars, camera, water, lunch, hat, sunblock and be prepared to be outside hiking all day in various terrains. Bug spray or tick shield clothing is helpful as we may go off trail some.
For more information, contact Brian Bockhahn at birdranger248@gmail.com.
Moth Night at the Parker Preserve
Moth Night at the Parker Preserve
Steve Hall will lead a public moth night event at Parker Preserve in Chapel Hill.
Moth Night at the Parker Preserve
Moth Night at the Parker Preserve
Steve Hall led a public moth night at Parker Preserve in association with the NC Botanical Garden. Pictured below is a selection of the more than 90 species of moths that were photographed on the sheets by David George, Stephen Dunn, and Jeff Niznik.
Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats for Orange County, North Carolina
Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats for Orange County, North Carolina
The initial inventory of the significant natural areas and wildlife habitats of Orange County was conducted from June 1987 to October 1988. The County contracted the Triangle Land Conservancy, a non-profit land trust, to produce the systematic inventory of the county’s remaining unique and exemplary natural ecosystems, rare species habitats, special wildlife habitats, and scenic areas. The 1988 survey was conducted by Dawson Sather and Stephen Hall, both experienced field biologists and ecologists.
Morgan Creek Greenway Field Notes
Morgan Creek Greenway Field Notes
Moth Night at the NC Botanical Garden
Moth Night at the NC Botanical Garden
After a late afternoon thunderstorm cleared out around 6:00 pm, we were able to hold a Moth Night down in the Piedmont Trails section of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, with 16 people in attendance. Sheets and blacklights were set up at two locations in the floodplain of Meeting-of-the-Waters Creek, with banana bait painted along the trail leading down to the sheets. Despite the preceding heavy rain and still dripping conditions, we recorded 36 species of moths, four crickets and katydids, two mantispids, one dobsonfly, and a Brown Prionus Beetle.