Hi Bioblitzers!

In case you are not already aware, this weekend (Friday through Monday) is the annual City Nature Challenge here on iNaturalist, where cities around the world compete (or collaborate) to collect as many observations of as many different species made by as many different observers as possible.

Unlike the Personal Bioblitz, this is an automatic collection challenge; any observation you make on the correct date within a participating area will be automatically added to the project. You do not need to (and actually cannot) add it yourself.

For those of you in the Rutgers area, the 5 boroughs of New York City are competing as "New York" (and also competing among one another). Conference House Park in southern Staten Island is only 30 minutes by car from campus.

Philadelphia is also competing, including Burlington County in NJ (Rancocas St. Park is 45 minutes from campus by car) and Bucks County, PA (Washington Crossing St. park is 45 min away as well).

Here is the link to the overall project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023
New York City CNC: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-new-york-city
and Philly CNC: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-greater-philadelphia-area

Have a great weekend!
Sara Rall