The count down has started!

I am hoping that fellow Maritimers will be out in full force once the clock strikes midnight tonight. Perhaps a few moths will be out waiting to be photographed or maybe you have a headlamp and can take a few photos of critters under a rock. or maybe you can record a few noisy animals in your area (not people!).

I am assume that Newfoundlanders are competitive and that they will be out between 12:00 and 12:29am Newfoundland time. They have an opportunity to post observations before any other iNatters in other parts of Canada are able to participate.

Last year three Newfoundland iNatters (@theshads @logybayer and @ibycter) were up late.
How many people in your CNC area will be the first or among the first few iNatters in the Maritime time zone?
How many will be out at the crack of dawn? This is a great time to record a few birds before you have your first coffee.

Best of luck everyone. Will Cape Breton be near the top again this year? With a few of the regulars off exploring Costa Rica maybe this is an opportunity for others in the area to take up the slack. If anyone needs ideas consider reading the various journal articles in the Maritimes/Atlantic provinces project journal - https://inaturalist.ca/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-the-maritimes-atlantic-umbrella-project/journal

Keep an eye on the various umbrella projects - both New Zealand and Australia are ii the 'race' in their part of the world: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-eurasia-africa-oceania

By tomorrow morning the Americas will start posting: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-north-and-south-america

Follow our local umbrella project and encourage friends, family, co-workers, strangers to get out and participate.
https://inaturalist.ca/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-the-maritimes-atlantic-umbrella-project

We have 4 days to show well within our region and wouldn't it be great to have an entry or two from the Atlantic provinces near the top of the Canadian leaderboard?
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-canada-2024-defi-nature-urbaine

I'm ready - Are you? @mkkennedy (Dartmouth/Catalone Gut)

Posted on April 25, 2024 03:36 PM by mkkennedy