Palo Alto Baylands Bioblitz 2018

Join us for some citizen science! We'll be bioblitzing in the Palo Alto Baylands on Saturday, February 17, 2018.

A bioblitz is an intensive one-day study of biodiversity in a specific location, bringing scientists and volunteer citizen-scientists together. People of all ages and skill levels are welcome. We’ll teach you how to enter observations in iNaturalist, and we'll have lots of people to help answer your questions. At the end we'll join together to find out how many observations we made and how many species we found.

Meet at the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center, which is at 2775 Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto. We start at 9:00 a.m. and finish by 1:00 p.m.

Please register for the bioblitz on our Eventbrite page, or use this link: http://www.bit.ly/bioblitz2018.

Tips for the day:

• Download the iNaturalist app and create an iNaturalist account ahead of time.
• Join the iNaturalist Baylands Bioblitz 2018 project (this page).
• Bring food and water.
• Camera, binoculars, magnifying glass, notebook are all good things to bring.
• Dress appropriately for the weather. We go rain or shine.

Sponsored by the City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Open Space, Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, Environmental Volunteers, Grassroots Ecology, Canopy, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, Save the Bay, and the California Academy of Sciences.

All participants are required to sign waivers. Minors (under 18) must have a waiver signed by a parent or guardian in order to participate. Waivers will be available at the Nature Center on the day of the bioblitz. less ↑