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Greetings,
Now that spring is arriving and people are starting to observe signs of
the changing season, I'd like to take the opportunity to tell all
Sustainable Maritimes participants that your observations can play an
important role in helping us to understand climate change.
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, with partners Environment Canada:
the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network and the Government of
Canada Climate Change Action Fund have created the Thousand Eyes Project
(WWW.THOUSANDEYES.CA), a study based on the pioneering work of Dr.
Alexander Howard MacKay, superintendent of schools in Nova Scotia. For 23
years at the beginning of the century he and thousands of volunteers
recorded information on seasonal phenomena. The result is a treasure trove
of information which serves as a valuable baseline of information on
climate change, of significance not only to Nova Scotia and Canada, but
for the whole world.
Now we have reestablished the initiative to try and see how the world
might have changed over the past century -- and the good news is that you
can participate! We have selected 52 phenomena that we are interested in
monitoring across Nova Scotia for the next several years. These include
things such as:
Opening of Alder Catkins
Migration of Robins
Blooming of Apples
Arrival of Belted Kingfishers
Migration of Canada Geese
Blooming of Clintonia Lily's
Blooming of Purple Lilac
Blooming of Buttercups
Blooming of Dandelions
Arrival of Eastern Maeadowlarks
Blooming of Goldthread
Blooming of Indian Pear
Last snowfall of the year
Last frost of the year
Blooming of Mayflowers
Blooming of Red Maple
Blooming of Rhododendron
Arrival of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
Blooming of Sheep Laurel
Arrival of Spotted Sandpiper
Calling of Spring Peepers
Blooming of Starflowers
Blooming of Strawberries
Blooming of Trout Lily
Blooming of Twinflowers
Opening of Trembling Aspen leaves
Occurrence of thunderstorms
And many other natural phenomena you are probably familiar with.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
People like you can play an important role in helping this project's
success. We need as many observers as possible throughout the province who
can watch nature and let us know what they see. Anyone can become a
registered Watcher at our website, www.thousandeyes.ca and submit
observations there. The website features (amongst other things) on-line
field guide, which describes in detail the phenomena we are interested in.
We invite you to visit the website and look at the information and
materials there. You can also register to be a watcher by clicking on the
red bar that says "New to this site? Start here." All observation for the
project are submitted through the website.
For those who are interested we also have a printed version of our field
guide which is available for $2.50 at the bookstore of the Nova Scotia
Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, NS, B3H 3A6.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Best wishes,
Christopher Majka
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Christopher Majka <info@thousandeyes.ca>
Coordinator: The Thousand Eyes Project
URL: http://www.thousandeyes.ca
Watching Nova Scotia Nature
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