Organism of the Day
A Regular Mountain Lake Natural History Essay Series
The "Organism of the Day" natural history display appears Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the Lewis Hall entrance foyer during the summer months. Residents and station visitors enjoy new organisms each day. The tradition was started by then Station Director Henry Wilbur in the 1990s, and in 2010 Wilbur passed the responsibility for Organism of the Day to life-long station resident Hazel Galloway. She completed these essays with assistance from Jesse Galloway, Eliza Brodie, and Fisher Brodie. Henry Wilbur and Mary Jane Epps have helped immensely with the organisms which fall into their own fields of expertise.
All essays not yet posted--online compilation remains under contruction. Thanks!
Past Essays
| June 24, 2011 | Northern Water Snake / Nerodia sipedon sipedon | |
| June 17, 2011 | Fly Poison / Amianthium muscaetoxicum; also, A. muscitoxicum | |
| June 15, 2011 | Eastern Chipmunk / Tamias Striatus | |
| July 30, 2010 | Rodent Bot Fly Larvae / Cuterebra (fontinella?) | |
| July 07, 2010 | American Bullfrog / Rana catesbeiana | |
| June 28, 2010 | Barometer Earthstar / Astraeus hygrometricus | |
| June 24, 2010 | Bull Thistle / Cirsium vulgare | |
| June 23, 2010 | Ashy Gray Lady Beetle / Olla v-nigrum | |
| June 22, 2010 | Northern Highbush and Lowbush Blueberries / Vaccinium spp. | |
| June 19, 2010 | Jack in the Pulpit / Arisaema Triphyllum | |
| June 16, 2010 | Eastern Garter Snake / Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis |