City Nature Challenge 2018: New York City's Journal

Great job last Saturday, NYC observers! You added 246 observations of 62 species at Randall's Island Park! This Saturday, March 10, our friends at the NYC Ecoflora Project have organized a second Mini Nature Challenge at Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park, Queens!

The Oakland Lake Mini Nature Challenge will be from 10am-12pm on Saturday, March 10. Meet at the trail entrance to Oakland Lake, near the corner of 46 Avenue and Cloverdale Boulevard. Everyone is welcome to join! Dress appropriately for the weather and bring your fully-charged smartphone or camera. It will be a great opportunity to learn some iNaturalist tips, interact with local nature lovers, and even get to meet some iNaturalist power users! Click here for more info.

Alley Pond Park has a special place in my heart because that was the site of last year's Macaulay Honors College BioBlitz! See our awesome results on the project page.

Here are the dates for the next Mini Nature Challenges (details will follow for each event):
March 17, Clay Pit Ponds State Park, Staten Island
March 24, Concrete Plant Park (tentative location), Bronx
April 18, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn

For more information about the NYC Ecoflora Project, visit their website

Great job last Saturday, NYC observers! The second mini challenge at Oakland Lake was even better than the first at Randall's Island. You added 732 observations of 144 species at Alley Pond Park! This Saturday, March 17, our friends at the NYC Ecoflora Project have organized a third Mini Nature Challenge at Clay Pit Ponds State Park on Staten Island!

The Clay Pit Ponds Mini Nature Challenge will be from 10am-12pm on Saturday, March 17. Meet at The Nature Interpretive Center, 2351 Veterans Road West, Staten Island. Everyone is welcome to join! Dress appropriately for the weather and bring your fully-charged smartphone or camera. The area is known to have ticks, so bring insect repellent. It will be a great opportunity to learn some iNaturalist tips, interact with local nature lovers, and even get to meet some iNaturalist power users! Click here for more info.

Here are the dates for the next Mini Nature Challenges (details will follow for each event):
March 24, Soundview Park, Bronx
April 19, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn (Note this one is a Thursday)

For more information about the NYC Ecoflora Project, visit their website

Another great job last Saturday, NYC observers! The third mini challenge at Clay Pit Ponds State Park had 23 people making 180 observations of 64 species! @danielatha says this is nearly double what had been observed in the park! Great job!

This Saturday, March 24, our friends at the NYC Ecoflora Project have organized a fourth Mini Nature Challenge at Soundview Park in the Bronx!

The Soundview Park Mini Nature Challenge will be from 10am-12pm on Saturday, March 24 and is hosted by the Bronx River Alliance. Meet at Soundview Park Field House, 1550 Lafayette Ave, Bronx, NY 10473. Everyone is welcome to join! Dress appropriately for the weather and bring your fully-charged smartphone or camera. It will be a great opportunity to learn some iNaturalist tips, interact with local nature lovers, and even get to meet some iNaturalist power users! Click here for more info.

The next Mini Nature Challenge will be April 19 at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn (Note this one is a Thursday). Details to follow in a separate post.

For more information about the NYC Ecoflora Project, visit their website