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| A beaver lodge on the Ipswich River. |
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| Naturalist, Fred, talks about aquatic insects by the river. |
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| A beaver scent mound: where beavers mark the river's edge for a future lodge site. |
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| Searching for aquatic insects and other animals. |
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| Fred helps to identify some of our aquatic insects. |
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| A beautiful day by the Ipswich River. |
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| "Look! Look! We found a baby salamander!" |
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| "Hmmm. What's over this side?" |
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| "We have a lot of insects in here!" |
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| Learning about the history of the area. |
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| Trying not to scoop too much mud. |
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| Reviewing what we have already found. |
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| "Wait a minute. Do I see a water snake over there?" |
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| Reviewing everyone's contributions. |
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| Next habitat: the forest! |
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| Learning about types of insects, mollusks and other arthropods in the forest. |
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| "That's a slug? Why is he all curled up?" (He's nervous.) |
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| Nick and Melody teaming up to find woodland insects. |
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| Fred shows off evidence of woodpeckers looking for insect meals in the forest! |
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| "I found an earthworm!" |
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| "Hey! The slug is starting to uncurl!" |
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| Sharing our insect evidence. |
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| Someone wants to go back home! |
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| A brown toad out looking for lunch! |
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| And then we found a frog! |
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| On to our next insect habitat: grasslands. |
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| Chasing butterflies and moths. |
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| "We think we found a grasshopper!" |
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| "I really DID catch a grasshopper!" |
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| Nick and Dylan team up to find more insects. |
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| "Crickets, grasshoppers and moths, oh my!" |
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| "We're pretty good at this!" |
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| Grasshoppers galore! |
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| And then we found a leopard frog! |
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| Mykah and Morgan making a great team. |
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