Get ready!!! City Nature Challenge 2023, April 28 - May 1!
Friday, April 28 - Monday, May 1
Mark the calendars! Get ready to deeply engage with nature on these four days! Let's document EVERYTHING. :)
Each year, the citizen/community scientists in Dallas/Fort Worth remind the world just how much biodiversity exists here amongst us. The City Nature Challenge is an excellent way to highlight not just this biodiversity but also the active group of folks that engage with nature -- I love it!
So, mark it on your calendars -- April 28 - May 1 -- City Nature Challenge 2023!!! Any and all observations made on these four days from the 10 counties that make up DFW (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise) and uploaded before May 6th will count towards the DFW City Nature Challenge. No extra steps, no projects that you have to join, nothing -- it's automatic!
I'll put up another journal post with some of the gatherings -- if you know of others, please let me know!
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me @sambiology, sam.kieschnick@tpwd.texas.gov, sambiology@gmail.com, or my cell: 214 215 5605
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Tagging some of the top users of iNat in DFW last year:
@charley @rick57 @bob777 @kathrynwells333 @annikaml @jblinde @annikaml @jblinde @sam_moore_ @assmann @tadamcochran @sehnature @oddfitz @scopic @galactic_bug_man @plantperson7654 @lisa281 @isaaceastland @baxter-slye @carol308 @denver @donovanmoxley @daniel112 @sahi2018 @paige51066 @jcat @walkingstick2 @wildcarrot @jhamby @scarletskylight @brookso @ghostburglar @brentano @wlhwildlife @cwd912nb @naturenut @devinpedraza @alchemist2000 @kenttrulsson @k8thegr8 @centex @jeannevc @strongm @paulette99 @karen762 @laurahaynes @saltyhiker @mbintexas @inhat83 @tfandre @txwoofus @lulubelle @notana @cindylcobb5 @castlegrande @ambytbfl @observerjosh @jsuplick @kimberlietx @atmosci @janlapine @bendire44john @shaffer56 @cnacree @kaf213 @lynnc12 @miscelaineous @abigailmm
@tyler_irvin @sheilabean @peywey @sciencegeek @aguilita @ashwinvn2 @jasmith @chuckwilliamson @shieldsscout @naturemom @squaylei2000 @acjci @jthomlinson @williampaulwhite17 @sara39 @joel_p_ashman @mustardlypig @gwaithir @golfgirl5225 @mallyblue @jim668 @techguy_does_naturephotography @madisong @wyldvision @marcie12h @dmort @kimberlywalks @texotics @dagmar @cyrus_allen @bbryan @daricrogers @cdsanders @apcorboy @balajidevarajan @marlisab7 @aidancampos @nathanmayflower @kowalske-ecology @famius1 @beckymn @atassin @katermorgan @bsandifer @aray637 @eden638 @w_mcdaniel @neomyte @daltonlawing @northcut1
@jenniferkatestuart @avievolve @strawberrytart @caleborear @cfximages @jdjames @quincy2c @nicspics @jwn @dorothy12 @stephtran @sarahparoski @fratto @samantha_knight @daisy8 @xeric-sw @hawkilitle @jocobirder @katdevargas @madisonruther @mustafamalik @susanaber @haleydaniels @erinmckool @averycraddock @hmt5 @cgritz @katelyn3 @callmekiwii @tashap @jeanhm @mgram55 @tmn-alc @abbyh09 @sir8 @katiejean58 @rehb @itmndeborah @georgesims @wrc_crew @carrie_reeves @alusk @hunterrwest @katelyn_perkins @jada-martinez @nightcrawler1405 @baophamto @abadoo @chandlerdavis @cecilyrod @eangler @painbane69 @joshmols @kari_dawn @ecologiststeve @henrya @txstack @williamedwards @nancywilsondallas @postoak @chelsg @jenmjess @kalamurphyking @salientia @lovebirder @drawntoscales @lunadeterre @bobbie79 @melissa_duron @eglarkspur
@sambiology Yay!
I'll be on it!
On the calendar. Let's do this!
Thank you for the heads up Sam!
DFW is gonna win SO HARD!
Yeah, boy! @sambiology says iNat isn't a cult, but that's not slowing down my proselytizing!
@chuckwilliamson I got a new “convert” yesterday! 😂
looking forward to it 🥳
@sambiology @observerjosh What observerjosh said, yes!
Can't wait, this sounds like fun!
Hooray.
EEEEK! I'm so excited. Thanks for tagging me.
This is going to be great. Just go a new set of night vision goggles. I am going to go through the old naturalist gear cabinet I have and get my pack ready to rumble. I will have all my other stuff at the ready. I need to scratch that BioBlitz itch. Lets do it again! All Wings Report In!
Awesome!
I'm excited!!!
Excited to join again this year!
SO READY!!
IT'S TIME
On my calendar and will make sure I have the time off! Ready to go!
Looking forward to it!
@sambiology Out of curiosity - who won last year and where did DFW finish? I never saw any results...
I will participate!
So excited! Gonna go for some records this year!
Fun! Calendar marked!
this is the way!
On my calendar and looking forward to it. I'll lead a couple of events again this year, but maybe not on all four days like I've done in the past. Nah, I know better. I'll be out there!
Yassss! I'm so ready for this!!! CNC is my favorite holiday weekend! 😂
I'll be out there hunting up some odes- hoping to try some new spots in addition to my usual haunts.
Yes! I am ready! :)
Good grief, I’ll be in High Island that weekend :(
Nice!! Thank you!
Calendar marked!
Just FYI -- if you want to practice some more, warm up the camera, or connect with other iNatters, here are a couple events coming up before the city nature challenge as well:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/sambiology/77643-events-gatherings-coming-up-this-spring-around-dallas-fort-worth
I love the CNC weekend!!!
Is it midnight, yet!!!???
Good news, I thought we would lose @devinpedraza and @isaaceastland to the Austin area this year, but they promised to return to DFW just for the iNat challenge. @gwaithir will have to be kidnapped from his computer and assignments, but I have a plan. @callmekiwii @jonothon-cantu @nathanielstx @karlamont will be making observations while working as interns with the City of Lewisville native median project. Must be nice to get paid to iNat!
The rest of the UNT SER crew is ready to go! Let's do this! @immortalwhat @brandonmeadows @madisonruther @mirandamix @mckenzie_sprabary @faith_labry @ecologiststeve @jada-martinez @gracemartinyoung @ashgiron @numberoneshrimpfan @eva_dwelle @abb3ykate @sarahparoski @dstrbd_ecologist @gracedeckard @savannahbug @chloejade @abbyh09 @juliet_jackson @audrerees @joel_p_ashman and @kaitlynnnn and @jimenavivanco
Hey all -- just got word -- we'll cancel the Friday night mothing event in Midlothian. Threats of hail make mothing no fun. So, stay safe -- and maybe keep an eye out for some moths outside of your places!
As far as I know, Frisco is still on!
My contributions will be limited this year--I'll be in Oregon and try to help out the Portland city nature challenge! Good luck, get lots and lots of species documented, go DFW!
@caleborear, enjoy High Island--I was there last weekend and the bird diversity was crazy.
I have a day and a half to participate, less than last year, but at least I’m not traveling for work like some of the recent challenges.
As long as the weather holds, I'm doing a wildflower inaturalist walk at the Burleson campout. Not really an official bioblitz this year but we'll be checking out what's in the pocket prairie. I'll be rambling around west FW otherwise probably!
Happy iNatting this weekend!
Final stretch... we're almost there! Half hour countdown from Central Time Zone.
Here are results from 2022:
Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas, United States:
42,398 observations
3,417 species
1,324 observers
@jim668 Here's the source for last year's observations: https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/past-results
We're almost tied with Houston for number of species.
I was so looking forward to mothing in Midlothian. Now that it's canceled, it probably won't rain!
Nooo dang it rain, I was so excited!
I got some cool birds this morning!
I revisited all my favorite plants in my local prairie remnant this morning :) :) :) :)
I visited a couple places today.
I'm looking for get-togethers within a stone's throw of west Fort Worth if anyone knows any events that aren't rained out. I'm black-lighting under my covered patio tonight, but that's about it. :(
@ambytbfl, there was nothing planned in Ft Worth tonight.
@sambiology We have our Denton County Master Gardener Plant Sale this weekend as well as our NPSOT-Trinity Forks Plant Sale ... whew! But, I'm squeezing in as many observations (and identifications) as I can!
Well, my phone died last night and it’s not turning back on, and I have to travel for work tomorrow, so I’m wrapping up my observations a half day sooner than planned. I still have a small number to add from my camera, but not too many more than I already have. It was fun, and observed some lifers!
Good luck everyone else on finishing up!
My daughter is old enough now that she wants to come on "the flower hunt" with me. I swear, we've found every straggler daisy bloom in the neighborhood. Also, a lot of rocks...
@fratto , rocks are good!❤️
I finished my phone upload which pretty much finishes up my observations. I’ll try to do some identifying later in the week, but not sure I’ll have much time with work.
We still have the normal week to upload our photos and ID observations, right? I assumed we did and don't have all my stuff in. Normally the week of upload/ID time is mentioned, but I can't find it mentioned this time. If we don't have that, then I am out of luck on a llotof observations.
Whew -- I'm worn out! :) Another GREAT showing for Dallas/Fort Worth!
So, we have until Sunday/Monday to upload everything and ID as much as we can. Monday is when the results are announced. Of course, the quicker that we can get everything uploaded, the better.
I'll be working hard on ID'ing as much as I can the rest of this week! :)
Definitely one of the most fun weekends I've ever had!!!! Let's go DFW! Hopefully I'll finish uploading everything before tonight!
Hey all, just FYI -- posted some events/gatherings/blacklighting stuff for DFW this June and July:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/sambiology/80251-events-and-gatherings-in-near-dfw-in-june-and-july
@sambiology Thanks, Sam!
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