10,000 Observations Milestone for the Blanco County project!
Today, the Blanco County project reached a milestone by eclipsing 10,000 observations. Just short of 6 years from the start of this project, those observations have identified 1,738 species within the county. I would like to extend my appreciation to all the Observers and Identifiers who have contributed. Without you, this milestone would not be possible. Looking forward to seeing what other species are found in Blanco County and thank you in advance for all the future contributions to this project.
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That’s pretty darn awesome! Congratulations! I hope to get back to observing when the weather warms and life gets a little more normal.
Hope you are making out okay in the weather, Sheryl. Thank you for all your contributions to this project!
Thank you so much! We are getting weary of having no water in Blanco but overall are doing well. I do wonder how the extremely cold temperatures will affect our insect and other wildlife populations.
Thank you for hosting this project. Of course we all know the county and Hill Country has thousands of species yet to be identified. Hope our native denizens survived the drastic cold spell. Lovebirder's journal mentioned the Parks and Wildlife Project organized for observations post freeze. Here is the URL: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/winter-storm-uri-wildlife-deaths
As far as observations here during the freezing storms, I kept our bird feeders filled and dry (as I could) and made sure many types of food was being offered throughout the cold spell. I had tons of Pine Siskins, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Wrens, Starlings, Doves and others at the feeders each day which I put up on iNat. Now that the ice has melted and the heat returned, I can say I hardly see Warblers, but did get a photo of a Siskin today who allowed a close approach. I saw some interesting interactions at the bird feeders throughout, but not a lot of conflict, which is good for stressed birds. And the day after the last cold, bees were in evidence (and hungry for anything, but finding little, I'm afraid), as well as flies and moths and other small insects. And our neighborhood Common Hog-nosed Skunk never failed to show even during the coldest ice and snow covered nights, still digging his grubs and other goodies. I think we'll see more life as the effects of the cold recede. Dandelions are also already in evidence as they were before the cold.
I'm adding this link to the Weather Service's summary of the cold outbreak:
https://www.weather.gov/media/ewx/wxevents/ewx-20210218.pdf
Thanks again for your commitment.
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