First Day Results: keep the observations coming!

Yesterday morning was the ideal weather for snapping photographs of species and CNC participants around the Boston Area really took advantage. Around noon, the rain rolled in which may have slowed some contributions, but we say congratulations to the participants that persevered through some gloomy weather to make almost 3500 observations on the first day of the 2018 City Nature Challenge! Together, 137 identifiers observed 498 species ranging all the way from Plymouth to Newburyport. Boston is well on its way to a top position in the rankings!

And congratulations to the 4 participants that provided 5 observations to the Early Flyers Project throughout the course of the first day of the competition! Of the ten Early Flyer species, two of them were spotted throughout the Boston Area today.

The most frequently spotted Early Flyer was the Common Eastern Bumble Bee, with a total of 4 observations yesterday.

A special shout out goes to @ebaitchman for observing both a Common Eastern Bumble Bee and an Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth! That is two out of ten Early Flyer species detected in one day by one observer.

During the next couple of days, let us aim to find the remaining eight species around the Boston Area. Right now, the sun is shining in Boston, so there is a high chance that Early Flyers are out and about!

Great job everyone, and keep the observations coming!

-ERB

Posted on April 28, 2018 03:05 PM by emiliarb