Our numbers are pretty stable right now. I think we've added a couple observations and species since yesterday, but I don't expect a huge increase over the next few days. At this point, we're concentrating on increasing our proportion of research quality observations, currently at 37.2%.
I've been scrolling through the observations today, looking for "interesting" ones. Shardintx found Agrobacterium (
I hope everyone had a nice time during Gall Week April 2024 - and thank you for participating! You can continue uploading observations of galls documented during Gall Week (4/20-28). Please do not add observations made before or after those dates.
We've got some great sticker designs made by Chelsea and by @teamvalor786succulentsandcacti on BioBlitz Club's website -
Date: 5/2/2024
Start Time: 14:45
End Time: 16:00
Location: Centennial Woods Natural Area
Weather: about 63 degrees, cloudy and windy, felt like it was going to rain
Habitat: mix of hardwood & coniferous stands, although most of the walk was done in a marshy area of Centennial with lots of reeds and short underbrush as well as along a stream.
Every single day I see animals being abused and neglected. Sometimes, I have to pause and mute my social medias just so I can have peace of mind and bring back sanity. Watching this sad reality again and again, in different stories and format, is so sad and depressing.
I just don't understand why rich people could not do something about. Heck, some of them can afford an island by themselves, so why not donate even 0.1% of their profit to help make this world a better place for th...
Great work on everyone's observations over the weekend! We have surpassed our goal of 10K observations (by a long-shot) and the numbers continue to grow. The deadline to post all of your observations is Midnight May 5. It's a bit of a "soft" deadline as the CNC organizers will be pulling all of the numbers by 9am on May 6. Probably in the afternoon the global results will be announced and we will consider the event complete!
One last thing I would like to ask of all of you is th...
We are almost at the finish line and what a challenge it has turned out to be. As of May 02, 2024 the top three Canadian cities are: Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary. The Vancouver MVRD is ranked 40th globally with 13,170 observations. A close second is Montreal ranked 41st globally with 13,144 observations. That is only a difference of 26 observations (or a difference of 0.1%).
The third Canadian city is Calgary but is just under 2,000 observations behind so it looks like a race for ...
Date: 5/2/24
Start Time: 5 pm
End Time: 6 pm
Location: Old North End, Burlington, VT
Weather: Sunny, slightly cloudy sky, ~60 degrees
Habitat: Suburban/Urban, Some deciduous trees
Thank you everyone! Your have really stepped up to help out our region with the CNC 2024!
If you have any more photos, be sure to add them to iNaturalist before May5.
Also, if you have some time, go through and ID some of the observations in our project that haven't been ID'd yet!
We are closing in our Heart of Texas so every photo counts!
Thanks again for getting out there and making some great observations!
If you have a favorite or somethin...
The Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society updated our priority plant lists on April 9 at the annual Land Manager Meeting to guide the inventory, treatment, and monitoring of invasive plants in the region.
Priority Plant Lists
These lists contain six rankings based on how established a species is and their potential impact within the region. In the meeting, hoary cress was discussed as a species to keep at the highest possible alert level, and cheatgrass was highlighted as...
Un petit rappel qu'il vous reste jusqu'au 5 mai pour téléverser vos photos et vos enregistrements sonores sur iNaturalist.ca, et que chaque observation compte! (Nous sommes très près des autres villes dans les top 3 du Défi!) A la différence de certaines villes, où un petit nombre de personnes font la vaste majorité d'observations, l'effort de la grande région de Montréal a vraiment été un travail collectif, qui met en valeur notre amour de la nature et l'importance de la conservation ...
Woot! We just past the city's previous record number of observations, from the big 2019 CNC, and there's still three days of identifying and uploading to go.
https://inaturalist.nz/projects/city-nature-challenge-otautahi-christchurch-all-years
We've got to identify or upload 148 more species to top our species tally from 2019, and then 2024 will with...
Joignez-vous à nous pour le deuxième Bioblitz sur le projet iNaturalist d'Abiome, du 11 au 26 mai !
Durant cet événement, chacun contribue en observant autant d'espèces vivantes que possible, dans une région donnée, et sur une période de temps déterminée. C’est surtout une opportunité incroyable de découvrir la biodiversité qui nous entoure et de contribuer à la science participative. Et toute observation, même semblant la plus banale, est intéressante.
Que vous soyez un ...
2000 obs
It is really important to Australians that we look after our environment. We do not have another planet to go to. I began this project to better understand the environmental impact of the project at Miriam Vale. It is to this end that I ask for help to find species that may be lost or threatened if the project goes ahead.
Hello everyone! 😅
Great job this year, and an extra special thanks to everyone who showed up to participate at our in-field events at parks in the community! 🤳🏼🦄
Results are being tabulated, and that's where you can help out if you so choose! 🥳 We have until 11:59 PM on this Sunday, May 5th to finish submitting observations and finalizing IDs on all those observations.
➡️ As of this journal entry, there are still 1,840 observations that need an ID confirmation...
So I have decided on this year's iNaturalist goals.
How cool. I had no idea that the Okefenokee had its own moth! And I wasn’t even on the lookout for this little critter when I found it...
Photographer: William Wise | iNat Observation: 473826...
April was the beginning of firefly season in much of the country, with Spring Tree-top Flashers pupating and beginning to display further and further north. It was also a big month for flashing fireflies in Florida and Texas. And of course,
Hello Everyone,
I am deeply grateful for the incredible participation you all have shown during the City Nature Challenge observation days! Your contributions have provided us with a remarkable yearly snapshot of the biodiversity in our area. The numbers this year are truly astounding, and I am eagerly anticipating how they will evolve in the coming days as the ID verification process continues.
It's a good time to start identifying some species as the weather looks rai...
I can't thank everyone enough for all the entries that have been made so far this year! We have had an incredible amount of identifications within the park and we are only in May!!! I am extremely excited to see what we are able to gather by the end of 2024.
This Bioblitz will help immensely with our species identification list that I plan to create in 2025.
Keep up the awesome work! From everyone here at Rocky Fork State Park, THANK YOU!!!!
If you have any...
Temperatures are climbing, and the southeastern woods are ringing with loud cicada choruses! More observations are coming in of holes and nymphs in Brood XIII territory, so they're not far behind their southern cousins. Keep an eye out for the black patches on northern nymphs, which will appear just before they're ready to emerge and undergo their final molt.
In light of all the records coming in, I've broadened the project parameters to include "Needs ID" observations. I hope th...
Common Checkered-Skipper and Allies Complex Burnsius communis
White Checkered-Skipper and Common Checkered Skipper cannot be separated with photos. Dissection of the male genitalia is required. See:
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Pyrgus-communis
or
https://www.butte...
Thanks for checking out and joining the Firefly Blitz 2024 project!
Why create a new iNaturalist project for fireflies in the United States?
After all, there is already the Fireflies of the USA and Canada project, the Mass Audubon Firefly Watch project, and t...
I started keeping track of individual observations (and now journal posts) that seemed to have generated interesting dialogue last year.
The first post was here: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/jackson_chu/78283-interesting-community-discussions-based-on-some-of-my-observations
After another year and thousands ...
time - 8:30pm - 11:30pm
location- Audubon Vermont: Green Mountain Audubon Center
weather - Partially cloudy, 40-50 degrees.
habitat - Open field, forested area, pond, wetland area
Minnesota Lichen Map Project
May 1, 2024
According to their website:
“British Field Studies Council is an environmental education charity. Founded in 1943, we are best known for providing residential and day field trips for those studying biology and geography. But our mission is to create outstanding opportunities for everyone to learn about nature.”
Do you want to know more about Lichens?
British Field Studies Council offers an online class for beginners and advanc...
R.O. Moffett, 1994, Rhus longispina and Rhus pterota, two hitherto confused South African shrubs,South African Journal of Botany, 60, 43-49, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(16)30659-7
Comparison of diagnostic characters of Rhus longispina and R. pterota
Drupe
R.l - Oblate, ellipsoid 3.5 X 2.3 - 6.8 X 4.7 mm, chestnutbrown, drying dark brown; resinous juice and dry drupes, astringent...
Дождливая погода не помешала алматинцам внести достойный вклад в Сity Nature Challenge 2024 года. Хотя, как мне известно, кое-кого и демотивировала. Но не думаю, что таких было много. Подробнее об итогах первого в Казахстане CNC предлагаю поговорить 8 мая. Приглашаются участники, сделавшие во время биоблица более 10 наблюдений, а также организаторы и партнеры. Прошу заполнить небольшую анкетку, она внизу.
