City Nature Challenge 2023: Eastern Shore of Virginia's Journal

Hi everyone,
The Nature Challenge is happening again this year on April 28 – May 1, 2023. The Nature Challenge is an international effort for people to find and document what lives in towns and cities across the globe. There are around 485 other towns and cities participating this year so it will be great to see what everyone finds!

I’ve tagged you in this post because you are a top observer on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. We’re hoping you’ll participate in this year’s Nature Challenge. It is top iNat observers like you that will really help push us ahead in number of observations made and species recorded on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The easiest way to participate is to make as many iNaturalist observations of as many species as possible in Accomack and Northampton counties during April 28 – May 1. Helping with identifications will increase our final species numbers so that’s a great way to participate as well. You can find our City Nature Challenge: Eastern Shore project here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-eastern-shore-of-virginia

The 2023 City Nature Challenge runs from 12:01am on Friday, 4/28 to 11:59pm on Monday, 5/1. All iNaturalist observations from Virginia's eastern shore (Accomack and Northampton counties) will automatically be counted. Results will be announced on Monday, May 8 so be sure to upload all your observations by then. For more information and for a list of events happening across Virginia area during this challenge, please visit our website at https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/events/virginia-city-nature-challenge/

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Help us win City Nature Challenge.

It's raining (a lot!), but we hope you'll get outside between the drops and make wildlife observations so we can top last year's Challenge numbers on the Eastern Shore.

Snap a photo in iNat of that worm on the sidewalk (it counts!) or that dandelion in your yard (it counts!) or the fly in your vehicle (it counts!).

Observations are slowly rolling in already and we hope to top last year's challenge numbers. Will you spread the word and help us?
• top 438 wildlife observations
• top 286 species
• top 18 people making observations

All iNaturalist observations from the Eastern Shore will automatically be counted in the Challenge. Results will be finalized on Monday, May 8 so be sure to upload all your observations by then.

Thanks,
Jen Dalke
Volunteer Program Manager, The Nature Conservancy
jdalke@tnc.org

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