Pollinators
This insect migrates south every fall, following the warm weather. They rely on milkweed for habitat and energy along the way. They overwinter in California and Mexico from November to March before heading back north in the Spring.
What are Monarch Butterflies?
This material is created by decomposers eating organic waste and producing extremely fertile soil as a byproduct. This material is extremely useful in gardens, as it is rich in nutrients.
What is compost?
We often go here on Thursdays. They have multiple bouldering walls, auto-belay walls, and belay walls.
What is Rock Spot?
what is a "bale"
There are over 20,000 different species of this insect, with 4,000 species present in the U.S. These insects hop from plant to plant gathering pollen, to eventually feed their offspring with the pollen. These insects also pick up nectar produced by the plants, and store excess nectar in hives.
What is a bee?
This part of a plant exists entirely underground. This part of the plant is responsible for spreading out and absorbing necessary nutrients and water. Plants must be placed a certain distance apart to avoid these organs getting too close together and tangling, or competing for the same resources.
What are roots?
This building in downtown Westerly has books, movies, tools, seeds, and so much more, all available for free for Westerly residents to use. They also run community events and have access to the internet, free of charge.
What is the Westerly library?
This popular game fish has both eyes on one side of it's head
what is a "flouder/fluke"
What is a hummingbird?
This herb, when planted in the ground, can spread very rapidly. It will often choke out other plants around, and cover the ground in a dense, lush, low-lying bush. Although it smells nice, it has the potential to destroy your garden.
What is mint?
This wildlife refuge and former air station has numerous trails along a pond. They also have a playground area with troll sculptures made out of recycled materials.
What is Ninigret Park?
You use this to measure the distance between the bottom of the boat, and the bottom of the sea
what is a "depth finder"
This flying mammal is attracted to flowers for the nectar they provide, while eating the nectar, the pollen sticks to their nose and is transferred to other flowers. This mammal can move pollen further than insects can, and over 500 species of flower rely on this animal to reproduce.
What is a bat?
This is a term used to describe plants that are not native to an area and cause harm to the ecosystem through spreading aggressively and overwhelming ecosystem services.
What is invasive?
This AZA accredited location is home to lots of animals that cannot be safely returned to the wild or are endangered in the wild. This gives us the opportunity to see animals up close that we would never otherwise get to see, like a cownose ray.
What is the Mystic Aquarium?
this type of fishing is often done in riverways, one example of a cast from this type of fishing is called a "roll cast"
what is fly "fishing"
This insect was one of the first pollinators possibly over 200 million years ago and remains important to this day. This insect will eat parts of the flower, including petals, and inadvertently move pollen from one flower to another as they travel.
What is a beetle?
This process occurs when individual branches are cut selectively to allow for optimal growth of a plant. Sometimes, this process involves removing old limbs of a plant to encourage it to grow again. This process is typically done in the Spring, before new growth begins.
What is pruning?
We visited this farm a few weeks ago and they have to come to WMS twice to help us out with our garden.
What is Hillandale Farm/Ayers Foundation?
This traditionally overfished family of fish has seen a decrease of 70% in population in the Indian sea. What is the name of the SPECIFIC species from this family of fish, that sold to market for a stagger 3.5 MILLION dollars.
What is a "giant bluefin tuna"