Fall Socially Distant BioBlitz

With thanks to Sam for coming up with this idea and allowing me to share with you

Posted from Fall Socially Distant BioBlitz - DFW Master Naturalist Chapters's Journal DFW competition -- what part of the metroplex has the most?!? September 6 - 12! https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/38940-dfw-competition-what-part-of-the-metroplex-has-the-most-september-6-12#activity_comment_5148076

"DFW competition -- what part of the metroplex has the most?!? September 6 - 12!
Like many of you, I've missed out on doing some public bioblitzes all this year. It is what it is. Nonetheless, nature's still out there, just waiting for us to appreciate it and document it. I hope you all have taken some time to escape outside to look for bugs and birds and whatnot.

Well, in the meantime, let's have a little fun competition! This is sorta like a local scale city nature challenge -- only just in the DFW area! What area of DFW can document the most species, make the most observations, and have the most engagement?!?

First of all, you don't have to be a master naturalist to participate! You don't have to join any projects. This umbrella project is composed of the 6 master naturalist chapter areas. Observations made in these areas are automatically added to both that project and this umbrella project. Again, you don't have to be a master naturalist to participate, but if you are a master naturalist, hopefully you can get some volunteer service time for your participation.

So, observations of wild organisms made between September 6 and 12th will count. At the end of this time, I'll put together a little report and will highlight some of the cool finds. Also, each day there will be a "daily challenge" -- I've got a list of 7 things to look for, and you get extra respect points for documenting the daily challenge organism/interaction. :) Respect points are worth their weight in gold!

Hope you will participate! And which area do you think would have the most observations/species/participants?!? :)

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