North Section - Friday March 31

I surveyed with Merav from 9 - 11 am. The weather was 46° F but felt warmer.

We saw one live newt in the seep by Limekiln Canyon trail but it ducked into the sedges so we weren't able to photograph it. Later we saw another live newt swimming in the reservoir at Limekiln Canyon Road.

89 dead newts. 21 on the uphill site, 68 on the reservoir side. 7 of the newts were juvenile, 82 were adult. The juveniles were all on the reservoir side.

There were 113 cars, 16 tru...

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Posted on April 02, 2023 01:16 AM by molly2 molly2 | 0 comments | Leave a comment

April Fool's Day. Afternoon

After the day's rain, the sun came out and it was 60 degrees or more. After looking over the Metacomet properties I was tempted to add some more sightings along the Eastern half of the Lake Manchaug Overlook . And what a fine few hours it proved to be. I was not expecting a few wood frogs to chime in and reveal a nearby vernal pool. A raven passed overhead and even a couple gulls passed over the property. Woodpeckers were out both drumming and calling. Meanwhile, owing to the rain in the...

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Posted on April 02, 2023 01:11 AM by birders130 birders130 | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Rarities from Burchells missing years

This project was inspired by "Rarities from Burchell's missing years" - Veld & Flora 36-41 by Roger Stewart & Marion Whitehead 2023.
But some errors need to be fixed.
The article details a few species from Burchells return journey through to the Karoo, to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and back to Cape Town via the coastal plateau.

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Posted on April 01, 2023 10:00 PM by tonyrebelo tonyrebelo | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Отчёт по встречам перелётных птиц с 16 по 31 марта 2023 г. в Белгородской области

16 марта 2023 Борисовка Гладкова А. Белый аист 1
17 марта 2023 р. Корочка Шебекинский р-н Попов А Чирок-трескунок 5
18 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попов А Клинтух 2 19 марта 2023 Белгород Болховитина В. Обыкновенный канюк
19 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попов А Гуменник 13
20 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попов А Свиязь 10 Голос
20 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попов А Луговой лунь 1
21 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попо...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 07:13 PM by okasana okasana | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Отчёт по встречам перелётных птиц с 16 по 31 марта 2023 г. в Белгородской области

16 марта 2023 Борисовка Гладкова А. Белый аист 1
17 марта 2023 р. Корочка Шебекинский р-н Попов А Чирок-трескунок 5
18 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попов А Клинтух 2 19 марта 2023 Белгород Болховитина В. Обыкновенный канюк
19 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попов А Гуменник 13
20 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попов А Свиязь 10 Голос
20 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попов А Луговой лунь 1
21 марта 2023 с. Тюрино Шебекинский р-н Попо...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 07:00 PM by okasana okasana | 0 comments | Leave a comment

First journal article for MacCormacks Beach!

Welcome!

MacCormacks Beach is one of Nova Scotia's many provincial parks. On the NS Parks website the description is simply: 'Located in Eastern Passage adjacent to Fisherman’s Cove, this park offers an extensive boardwalk that provides coastal walking opportunities and beautiful views of Halifax and McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park.'

Hopefully articles in this journal will entice you to come visit the area.
Hopefully in addition to exploring, nature ...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 06:26 PM by mkkennedy mkkennedy | 0 comments | Leave a comment

April 2023

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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Posted on April 01, 2023 06:22 PM by erikamitchell erikamitchell | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Springing into 2023

Greetings all, and Happy Spring! I hope everyone is enjoying the warmth, color, and buzz of the season as much as the Asombro staff has been.

Much has happened since our December 2022 update:

  • Our number of observations within the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park has doubled, and 46 new species have been recorded. As always, we hope you'll enco...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 05:52 PM by asombro_institute asombro_institute | 0 comments | Leave a comment

The Earthmonk Journal

The Earthmonk Journal can be found on substack.com or by clicking this link http://earthmonk.substack.com

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Posted on April 01, 2023 05:36 PM by earthmonk earthmonk

Spring arrives in Princeton

Everything has burst into blossom this week, daffodils are in full bllom and most leaves are beginning to bud out.

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Posted on April 01, 2023 05:14 PM by fielddobber fielddobber | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Field Journal 3/39

I've been seeing a lot of Canada Geese lately, which makes sense because they usually migrate from the south to the north around springtime for breeding purposes. I've only seen them in the air, in their characteristic V-formation. I've also seen two Northern Cardinals, a Downy Woodpecker, an American Robin, a Blue Jay, and heard Mourning Doves on my walks home from school (N Prospect St).
Looking up these birds' migration patterns, I learned:
Northern Cardinals are year-round r...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 04:05 PM by thoyt thoyt | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Burchell's specimens in Herbarium Pretoria

There are almost 600 specimens of Burchells in the national collection. Here they are in Burchell's number order.

Burch. 13 Asphodelaceae Kniphofia sp. Hopetown Div.; Orange River Feb 1813
Burch. 22 Amaryllidaceae Nerine laticoma May 1865
Burch. 22 Amaryllidaceae Nerine sp. Kuruman; "The Garden" Aug 1821
Burch. 116 Poaceae Pentameris pallida Cape Town; E. Side Of The Lions Rump Dec 1810
Burch. 182 Poaceae Ehrharta setacea Cape Flats; Rondebosch Dec 1810
Burc...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 03:04 PM by tonyrebelo tonyrebelo | 0 comments | Leave a comment

April Announcements

Happy April Everyone! Spring is well on it's way and I am excited for the warm weather in our future. This summer I will be hosting monthly pollinator walks. Please join us if you are interested! Each month we will meet at a different park and spend about an hour walking through the park taking photos of all the insects we can find.

The April pollinator walk will be held on Saturday April 29th from 2:00-3:00pm at Nose Hill Park. *weather dependent

This ...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 02:57 PM by justine_doll justine_doll | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Большой год. Итоги 1 квартала

В рамках соревнования «Большой год-2023. Чувашия» с начала года сделано 1997 наблюдений, обнаружено 241 вид живых объектов (грибов, растений, животных), участвует 37 наблюдателя.

Промежуточные результаты по основным направлениям:
1. Большой год Птицы Чувашии:
Место Наблюдатель Наблюдений Видов
Вне конкурса @sopr21 70 70
Вне конкурса

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Posted on April 01, 2023 02:32 PM by birdchuvashia birdchuvashia | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Species named by Burchell

The following species were described and named by Burchell.

Kori Bustard
Black-footed Cat
African Sharptooth Catfish

Karoo Crossberry
Karoo Gold
Indian Grass

Blacksmith Lapwing
White Rhinoceros
Crimson-breasted Shrike

Trithorn
Common Tsessebe
White-headed Vulture
Blue Wildebeest

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Posted on April 01, 2023 01:29 PM by tonyrebelo tonyrebelo | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Novidades

Estamos muito felizes de ter os primeiros colégios e instituições aderindo-se ao Desafio da Natureza Urbana - Vale do Itajaí e Região!

Esta semana estivemos apresentando o projeto na FURB e 5 de abril (quarta) estaremos fazendo a primeira oficina de uso do app iNaturalist. A oficina será no campus 1 da FURB às 16h (sala por confirmar).

Todes estão convidades para participar!

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Posted on April 01, 2023 01:29 PM by liuid liuid | 2 comments | Leave a comment

April is Citizen Science Month

It's #CitScienceMonth! Participating in the #City Nature Challenge means you are contributing to scientific data. Find out about other projects you can participate in.

SciStarter list of events

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Posted on April 01, 2023 01:28 PM by cathybru cathybru | 0 comments | Leave a comment

William J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies

23 March 1863

William John Burchell, English Explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author was born in 1792. The son of a wealthy nurseryman. Burchell travelled nearly 7 000 km throughout South Africa between 1810 and 1815, collecting specimens of animals and plants. He described his journey in a book titled Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. His collection contains the most extensive examples of African fauna and flora. Burchell's travels, however, exhausted hi...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 01:03 PM by tonyrebelo tonyrebelo | 0 comments | Leave a comment

iNaturalist App Citizens Science Training Batemans Bay Sat 29 April 9 – 11 am

INATURALIST FIELD TRIP
LOCATION Water Gardens Park 1 Museum Pl, Batemans Bay
DATE Sat 29 April 9-11am
RSVP to floydwafer62@gmail.com or 0422891740
Event by The Coastwatchers Association

Jenny will help you use the app on your mobile or tablet to photograph and record your observations of water birds and plants at the entrance to the water garden. Bring a hat & insect repellant as we will be w...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 11:57 AM by barv barv | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Нидерландское подразделение Гугла разработало интерфейс для декодирования сигналов растений, на примере тюльпанов:

Introducing Google Tulip. Google Nederland - Decoding the language of flowers has been a decades-long challenge. But that changes today

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Posted on April 01, 2023 10:39 AM by igor_kuzmin igor_kuzmin | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Age-determination of the tsessebe, plus labelling by body mass, using photos in iNaturalist

What, exactly, does a given species of ruminant look like at a given age? Can we estimate the body mass of infants and juveniles in photographs, based on objective criteria?

The tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus lunatus, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=132770) provides an unusual opportunity, because

  • its growth and reproduction show a definite relationship to th...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 09:19 AM by milewski milewski | 1 comment | Leave a comment

День птиц и 80.000 наблюдений в проекте "Птицы Алтайского края"

Друзья, всех с Днём птиц!

Я немного упустил ситуацию - 26 апреля проект "Птицы Алтайского края" достиг отметки в 80.000 загруженных наблюдений. "Юбилейным" стало наблюдение снегиря Надеждой Вяткиной @nadejda_vjatkina (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152371261)/

5.000 наблюдений от предыдуще...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 07:31 AM by alexeiebel alexeiebel | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Осины с апельсином!!! Новые виды? Новые открытия!

🌳🍊 Мы продолжаем наш образовательный канал на YouTube "Осины с Апельсином"! Здесь мы размещаем наши краткие видео-уроки (от 15 до 30 минут) по разным разделам ботаники. Морфология, фитоценология, география растений и другие. Автор цикла - Ксения Дудова (@antennaria).

🌱🌱🌱 Можно ли открыть новый вид растений для науки в 2023 году? На какие регионы стоит обратить внимание в поисках новых видов, и может ли...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 07:21 AM by apseregin apseregin | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Estadísticas de biodiversidad en el campus ANTES del bioblitz.

Para documentar el impacto del BioBlitz 2023 sobre el inventario de flora y fauna del campus y del municipio de San Antonio de Oriente, podemos recordar como eran los estadísticas en el momento que se inició el bioblitz, durante la tarde de 31 de marzo 2023. Para esto compartiré a continuación algunos estadísticas para 2023, y para todos los años combinados hasta este momento. Estas estadísticas están disponibles en el proyecto Sombrilla de Biodiversidad para Zamorano.

Desde el 1...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 05:24 AM by oliverkomar oliverkomar | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Darvin Ojha's Observations:

Angiosperm - Great Rhododendron

Gymnosperm - Pines

Bryophyta - Pincushion moss

Fungi- Field and Button Mushrooms

Pterophyta - Marginal Wood Fern

Lycophyta - Stag's-horn clubmoss

Lichen - Greenshield Lichen

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Posted on April 01, 2023 03:59 AM by darvinojha darvinojha | 1 comment | Leave a comment

Estudiar la vida

"Lo que más me gusta de la biología es que te permite disfrutar de la naturaleza de otra manera" Una pequeña refelxión que me deja uno de mis profesores de licenciatura, he de decir, estoy totalmente de acuerdo con el. ¿Quíen más tiene el lujo de poder mirar las estrellas en medio de un bosque a mitad de la noche? ¿Existe algo mejor que dsifrutar la vista desde lo alto de una montaña? ¿Cómo no enamorarte al sentir el agua del óceano y observar como desde la superficie hasta las partes...

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Posted on April 01, 2023 03:28 AM by reyarip reyarip | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)

This photo was taken in Montgomery Street in Utice Avenue. The photo was taken in March 30, 2023 at 4:41pm EDT. The weather was 45F and it was a sunny day. The humidity was 29% and the wind was 10 mph. The precipitation is 0%. The leaves were very dry and it seems as if the plant is dead.

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Posted on April 01, 2023 02:10 AM by lindaebrahim lindaebrahim | 1 observation | 0 comments | Leave a comment

daffodils (Genus Narcissus)

This photo was taken in Brooklyn College in Flatbush, the weather was 53F, and the wind was 10 mph. The time taken was 1:40pm EDT on March 28, 2023. The leaves were very soft. It is yellow from the inside and white from the outside. It was a little sunny outside.

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Posted on April 01, 2023 02:05 AM by lindaebrahim lindaebrahim | 1 observation | 0 comments | Leave a comment

Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata)

This photo was taken in Brooklyn Utica Avenue. The weather was 51F and it was taken on March 27, 2023 and the date it was taken was 12:48 pm EDT. The wind was 8mph. The tree was big and its leaves were pink.

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Posted on April 01, 2023 02:03 AM by lindaebrahim lindaebrahim | 1 observation | 0 comments | Leave a comment

star magnolia (Magnolia stellata)

This photo was taken in Brooklyn Utica Avenue. The weather was 51F and it was taken on March 27, 2023 and the date it was taken was 12:46 pm EDT. The wind was 8mph. The tree was medium sized and its leaves were white

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Posted on April 01, 2023 02:00 AM by lindaebrahim lindaebrahim | 1 observation | 0 comments | Leave a comment
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