McClellan Ranch Preserve Bioblitz

Biodiversity in our backyard? You bet!

Nerds for Nature is partnering with the City of Cupertino to create records of the biodiversity at the McClellan Ranch Preserve. Nature Nerds, scientists, and amateur naturalists will work together to find and identify as many different species as possible.

A Bioblitz is an intensive one-day study of biodiversity in a specific location, bringing scientists and volunteer citizen-scientists together. Together, we’ll look for snails, birds, mammals, frogs, butterflies, other insects, spiders, trees, worms, flowers, and everything else we can find!

Bring your smartphone or a camera, your curiosity, and tons of enthusiasm. We’ll rally some experts and folks who know the area. Together we’ll make some science!

We’ll enter observations in iNaturalist and join together at the end to find out how many observations we made and how many species we found.

Full Event Details

• Before the event
  Check out our skills night on April 27th at 7pm for a bioblitz 101 presentation to pick up some great tips and tricks! Visit our Meetup page for more information.
• 2:00 to 5:00 pm
  Spread out around the area and start logging the plants and animals that you find.
• 5:00 - 6:00 pm
  Gather back at the parking lot and head to the nature museum for a Wrap Up Presentation. Join us for a report and presentation of the day's accomplishments and get help identifying and submitting your observations from the day.

Notes

• Please try to carpool for the event! Parking is limited.
• Nature Nerds of all ages are welcome, but anyone under 13 must be accompanied by an adult.
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