Timeline

In 2004, two “silky gold” asclepias curassavica and parsley host plants sprouted. Anise swallowtail caterpillars emerged just afterward, and over four years later, on October 29, 2008, a monarch found the milkweed garden! After two monarch butterflies hatched in January 2009, I learned of Gibbs Butterfly Park in Huntington Beach, CA, and things progressed from there until maturation. Aboard the “Regal Eagle,” 2015 prompted expansion into a greater sphere of nature in which distinct life forms appeared along with an enhanced ecosystem. On November 1, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s yearlong Super Citizen Scientist urban biodiversity research program began. Consistent bimonthly observations, after rainfall data, monthly malaise trap collections, camera trap photos, and bioblitzes yielded new organisms that were beyond normal sight. Many thanks to identifiers, coordinators, developers, supporters, scientists, and observers for helping form a clearer map of our ever-changing constant world.

2015: Climbing the naturalist mountain.
2016: Every exploration has been a new adventure in citizen science.
2017: September to December 2017 UC California Naturalist program
NHMLA SuperProject April 2017 to March 2018 "largest urban biodiversity survey in the world..."
while gaining an in-depth broader view and contributing to community science. Study area: South Los Angeles and Valley areas.
2018: NHMLA SuperProject 3 September 2018 to August 2019. Study area: South Los Angeles
2019: A five-year local exploration completed.
2020: SuperProject 4 March 2020 to February 2021. Study area: Coastal Los Angeles
2021: Return from the naturalist walkway.
2022: Beyond the iNaturalist heliopause
2023 and beyond: Nature's database is a never ending story.

Posted on March 31, 2017 01:19 PM by quantron