June 6th 2024 is Homeschooling Day! (1:00-3:00 p.m.)

🌊💧 Calling all Homeschoolers! Join us on Thursday, June 6th at 1 PM for a cool exploration of the properties of water! 🌞🔬

As the temperatures rise, we’ll dive into fun, hands-on experiments that reveal the amazing secrets of water. From floating paper clips to colorful capillary action, discover how water works in our exciting summer science session. Ever wonder how bugs walk on water or how stalagmites are formed?

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Have had great deal of problems with my computer & cameras, particularly relating to my ID. My SD cards got completely filled up over the past month or so. Either I had to erase my cards or purchase more, which is difficult to do in this small town where I live. So over the next few days/weeks, iNaturalist will be receiving my observations not in chronological order, but as I manage to photograph, upload, process, then post. Apologies to all!

MandarinDuck008

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There have been many updates since the last post, this will be mentioned below.

1. As of June 1 Eli and me have found a new backyard bird to add to the Parque Natura list, an adult Black-headed Trogon was seen near to the north of the estate.
2. A Phrynus operculatus, a type of Whip-scorpion was found taking a stroll around the house, this specimen was then photographed and then released back into a empty plot, which can be seen here,

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What a great idea! garychang, has found our Western Bumble bee and he added a sound bite to his observation.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/219467739

There are other ways to add details to our data for the Washington Native Bee Society project.

THE MOST IMPORTANT WAY TO HELP IS
PLEASE DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY "AGREE"
WHEN SOMEONE IDS YOUR BEES.

It is not ...

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Native Wildflowers

• Foxglove Beardtongue: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Pipevine Swallowtail, Hobomok Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper
• White Bergamot: Pepper and Salt Skipper, Hobomok Skipper

Naturalized Non-Native Wildflowers

• Oxeye Daisy: Pepper and Salt Skipper, Clouded Yellows, Great Spangled Fritillary, Pearl Crescent
• White Clover: Pepper and Salt Skipper, Great Spangled Fritillary, Cabbage White
• Dandelion: Great Spang...

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We logged a total of 103 bird species (beating our 2022 list of 95 species) during the BioBlitz. Thank you to Duncan Fraser, Jacob Wessels, Amber Floyd, Nicole Hodges, Dave Richardson, Susie Adams, and Katelin Cross for their contributions.

Waterfowl - 3
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Wood Duck
Hooded Merganser
Grouse, Quail, and Allies - 2
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Grebes - 1
Pied-billed Grebe
Pigeons and Doves - 1
Mourning Dove
Cuc...

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Very impressive all Michigan mothers. Not quite 2 years ago this project was under 30K observations. We haven't even gotten to the high point yet!!

4 new Moths (so far) added to the project.

1. Kent's Geometer Moth Selenia kentaria, 1 observation by

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Welcome to the 2024 Sequoyah Nature Explorers Challenge! This project is organized by the Sequoyah Regional Library System. This is the 2nd year of our Bioblitz Challenge.

We live in a beautiful community, full of diverse plants, animals, and habitats. This summer, we’d love your help in cataloging what can be found in our environment! From June 1st through July 31st, all wild nature findings will be collected here to create a record Cherokee, Gilmer and Pickens counties biodiver...

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Thank you to everyone who participated in this years BioBlitz. I've been working on compiling the results and will post them here as I get them done. We still have about half the iNaturalist posts that need to be verified. If you have the expertise, or know someone who does, please take a look at the "Needs ID" entries and see if you can help.

We had a total of 50 folks who assisted with observations, whether assisting with live trapping, leading walks, mist-netting bats, ca...

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Today is the 1st day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts. I decided to go down to Wapping by the River Thames in London to see what I could find. Despite being rather windy and overcast I saw some insects, birds (including one of my personal favourites, a Jay), a Ladybird Pupa, a couple of butterflies and lots of pollinators. I saw some fast flying house martins (too quick to photograph) but I did catch one sitting in it's nest. I also looked up as I was walking ...

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So, es geht endlich los.
Morgen ist der Garten zum ersten Mal im Juni geöffnet.
Zum Glück soll das Wetter besser werden als heute... :-)

Viel Spaß bei den Beobachtungen,
Marco

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Each time you go out and make observations for this project, describe your walk by adding a comment to this post. Include the date, distance walked, and categories that you used for this walk.

Suggested format:
Date. Place. Distance walked today. Total distance for this project.
Categories.
Brief description of the area, what you saw, what you learned, who was with you, or any other details you care to share.

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Краткие итоги регионального проекта Владимирской области в рамках Всероссийского исследовательского конкурса "Весна: день за днём - 2024", проводимого Союзом охраны птиц России...
Первая тройка наблюдателей по наблюдениям: fikus836, taya94 и olgaer33 (273, 244 и 201 наблюдений соответственно).
Первая тройка наблюдателей по видам: tashamel, mikhail_87_ и olgaer33 (120, 97 и 85 видов соответственно).
В ходе проекта 63 наблюдателями было сделано 2 055 наблюдений и отмечено 1...

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Дорогие друзья!

В связи с началом лета мы увеличили копилку "Флоры России" - теперь в ней собраны данные по 700 видам-кандидатам. Напомним, что теперь модель компьютерного зрения дополняется новыми видами ежемесячно.

В общем, зде...

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Yksi riistakamerapaikka osoittautui aarreaitaksi: kameraan tallentui muutaman päivän aikana vähintään 2-3 eri karhua, mäyrä, ilves ja useita eri hirviä, mukaan luettuna emä ja pieni vasa. Siirsin paikalle kaksi kameraa lisää, jotta saisin (toivottavasti) lisää kuvia eri kuvakulmista. Yhdellä videolla näkyy kaksi karhua syömässä ruohoa samaan aikaan, mutta toinen karhuista näkyy vain osittain (en saanut hyvää kuvakaappausta, jossa kaksi karhua näkyisi selvästi).

Pelkäsin liikkumi...

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Leading Tour at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, San Mateo County, California Friday May 31st, 2024

Weather & Tide

+0.3 at 1158 Very sunny

Duties & Visitors

Seal Cove, tour for 6th graders from Bayshore School Daly City Very cosmopolitan. Well behaved

Observations

Many ochre, several bats & leathers. Overall, good. Good group.

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Today I walked in Jockey Hallow located in Morristown National Park. I observed many different types of flowering plants as I walked with my family and my dog along the various hiking paths. Most of the flora in my area are, especially in the national park, giant angiosperms which are primarily oak trees. It was a bright warm day which made observing the flowering/blooming plants very pleasant. I also observed what I believe is Siebold's Viburnum, a white flowering plant that is an invas...

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In the natural world, the struggle for survival is a difficult, often harsh constant. In the persistent evolutionary arms race of eat or be eaten and competition over resources, species have adapted ingenious survival strategies to thrive in this bustling ecosphere. Bees are an excellent example of highly developed adaptations. Eusocial bees, like the honey bees we’re all most familiar with, are capable of exceptionally efficient, industrious harmony. They build their own homes, care for...

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Morning:

Northwest Beach: Eastern Giant Swallowtail and Summer Azure. Barn Swallows and American White Pelicans high overhead.

Then off to the Visitor Centre where we followed the Shuster Trail to the eastern shore. High water levels prevented us from walking along the shore. Then the Woodland Nature Trail behind the Visitor Centre where we saw more “hoary puccoon” and eastern prickly pear cactus.

Afternoon:

We parked in the parking lot at the Marsh Board...

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Galveston, Texas
Sunny
3:03PM
First observation: Indian Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella)
3:05PM
Second observation: Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta)
3:14PM
Third observation: Southeastern wildrye (Elymus glabriflorus)
3:27PM
Fourth observation: Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides)
3:34PM
Fifth observation: False parasol (Chlorophyllum molybdites)

I walked around near my house, which is in a marshy area. Seeing as Galveston is right on the...

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Hey Pollinator Pals!

May has treated us well here in the beehive state, with warm afternoons and enough rain to keep the gardens lush. With this rise in temperatures, we’ve also seen a flurry of pollinator activity!

This month, our incredible community scientists have logged 1,464 pollinator observations across Utah! Our top three species include the

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Today, Carolee and I visited the Eastside of the Pend Oreille valley, starting at Nelway and ending with a trip up Limpid Creek Road. We logged 26 butterfly species for the day. 1-Western Tiger Swallowtail, 12-Pale Swallowtail, 2-Anise Swallowtail (no photo), 2-Sara Orangetip (no photo), 1-Margined White, 6-Clouded Sulphur, 2-Purplish Copper, 1-Brown Elfin, 1-Rosner's Hairstreak, 1-Echo Azure, 2-Asher's Blue, 10-Boisduval's Blue, 1-Lorquin's Admiral (no photo), 1-Mourning Cloak (no pho...

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The flowering plant known as false mermaid (Floerkea proserpinacoides), previously thought to be extirpated in Vermont, has been rediscovered. For a detailed account, see: vtdigger.org 2024-05-30

Quoting from New Flora of Vermont (2015):

Floerkea proserpinacoides ...

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I went on a long walk in the woods near my house, as I often do, but making an effort to pay attention to the plants I passed made me realize how much biodiversity there is around me. That is not to say that I live in the most biodiverse place in the country, I certainly do not believe that, I just realized that not all green leafy plants are the same. I spent most of my walk looking for a plant that would fall into the seedless vascular plant family, keeping an eye out for ferns in part...

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Hello everyone,

Hope you've had some chance to enjoy nature this month, wherever you've been. It's been a great month. We seem to have had a bumper spring for iNat hoverflies, which seems to be improving the diversity of what is recorded compared to previous years.

Fantastically, w...

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We're excited to share our May News Highlights! If you missed last month’s highlights, you can catch up here.

Species Discoveries

A. In Ecuador, zoology student @abigaildt's photo of a butte...

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Here I am going to add my list of resources that I have found and as well as given to me by some very helpful people from iNaturalist for other people to use as well! If you have more resources that I need to check out as well, please add them to the comment section as well! I am still a beginner IDer so anything helps! Will keep this list updated

https://www.whaleresearch.com/idapp

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30 мая спугнули пару фазанов на склоне Амзая у Широкой балки. Самка улетела, самец юркнул в заросли и найти его не удалось.

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Here is my bird life list link:
https://www.inaturalist.org/lists/4459919-Birds-Lifelist?page=1&view=photo

I have complied all my birds listed from my bird life list from ebird and Merlin Bird ID. I update my list on a somewhat regular basis. Currently the list shows 67 species but on my Merlin Bird ID list, I have 68 species. I plan on correcting this mist...

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