As I walked to Hammond Pond in hopes of recording my observations for class, I found myself captivated by the variety of organisms that I encountered along the way. The weather was nice and cool so the walk was pretty peaceful. My observations began as soon as I began walking on the outskirts of Upper Campus. I witnessed the greatest amount of biodiversity from my 30 minute nature walk as I headed down Beacon St. At this specific spot behind Shaw House, right next to the street, is where...

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During A walk around my nearby university's local reservoir with a friend, I photographed and Identified multiple species of both plant and animal. I was surprised to see so much diversity within an area that gets walked across a lot, but the tiger moth and the chipmunk were great sights to see that I may not have noticed if I had not been going on the walk for the purpose of logging observations. An overcast hung above, but it was still relatively warm outside and a pleasant experience....

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This morning I walked for about 40 minutes through the pine tree reserve and along the res. I was going at a much slower pace than I've ever walked the res before and I was actually surprised by how much biodiversity in plants I was seeing. when taking a closer look, the man made body of water has a lot more wild things surrounding it than one might expect. I was really interested in the different types of berries that were growing around. I even saw 5 swans which I guess isn't very rare...

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For my first nature walk, I walked for about 45 minutes near and around the reservoir and the cemetery near Boston College. I walked up the side of Commonwealth Ave towards 2k, and then walked a little bit of the trail towards the res, until I ended up at my friends house. The weather was great, kind of a cool night but it was just before the sun was starting to set. A classic fall evening. I saw a lot of different varieties of plants growing in between the rocks as well as some wild ani...

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I took a walk around the Reservoir with one of my friends on Thursday. It was a very nice fall day, as the sun was shining and it was around 60ºF, which is right in the perfect temperature range for me. There was a nice breeze that made it feel a little cooler, but the sun was keeping it warm enough to be comfortable. I was shocked by the amount of bees that were in the plants that I observed. I never really slow down to get close enough to look into the plant and see what is going on in...

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This morning, I walked for about 35 minutes through the trails behind BC's Newton Campus. I had only walked around here at dusk before, so it was great to see its verdant beauty in the daylight. The trails were decently wide, but didn't feel overwhelming as it winds and is scattered with rocks and plant debris. I observed 3 plants (mullein, Virginia Creeper, pine tree), one fungus (lichen), and one animal (wild turkey).

There were patches of shrubs which were completely dead, an...

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I decided to go on a res walk and walk through our pine tree reserve. It was pretty gloomy this morning, and cool, but it was a calm walk. It was nice to get some fresh air because I feel like I have been studying all day every day for the past few days. I tried to look for some insects that I could photograph but I had no luck. It was interesting to notice the diversity in the types of greenery along the res and in the reserve. When walking casually, these are things I wouldn't notice, ...

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Good morning AppState Team!

Great job on finding that biodiversity on campus! We are at 811 taxa (715 species) this morning compared to a final total of 825 taxa (709 species) last fall when we did this for the first time. We've already beaten our own record for number of species observed and identified! (The taxa count on the project pages also includes IDs at genus and higher levels. These numbers are subject to change as observations accumulate IDs.)

Overall, UN...

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When I walked around the reservoir this morning it was a cool 54 degrees with wind that made it feel even colder. It was also very cloudy. When I was walking around the water, the plants seemed a lot thinner and had much smaller leaves than other vegetation. For animal life, I saw geese in the water and walking around, saw a chipmunk but wasn't quick enough to take a picture, and heard birds chirping. Most of the plants were trees or smaller green plants and leaves. I was surprised to di...

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date - 29th Sep. 2023

Total observations - 6826
Research grade - 4568
Need ID - 2231
Threatened - 424 observations, species - 98

Introduced - observations - 205, Species - 100

birds - observations - 2605, species - 378
frogs and toads - observations - 66, species - 17
reptiles - obs - 90, species - 31
mammals - obs - 276, species - 65
Fish - obs - 14, species - 08
Mollusca - obs - 19, species - 08
Spiders - obs - 30, species ...

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We’re so excited that EuroBioBlitz is finally here! We’re already seeing hundreds of records coming in from across Europe, the map is looking great!

For anyone new to using iNaturalist, we thought we’d share our top 3 tips for recording, to help you make the most records in this short space of time!

1) We really want records to be able to get to "research grade" - so please remember to take clear photographs. Do take more than one photograph of each ...

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It was a cold windy night where the breeze hit like a winter storm, despite the cold however the life around the Pine Tree Reserve was awake. Oddly enough I chose to go at around 1 in the morning in order to pair it with my late night run. From the naked eye it seems almost as their is many similar plants from a common background but however I am unsure as they could be from completely different descendants. The weather was about 50 degrees Fahrenheit so I made quick but thorough observa...

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The walk lasts for about 40 minutes. I started unexpectedly from the inside of the woods. The weather was good and the temperature was quite comfortable for taking a walk. I started at near 17:00, which was quite close to the sunrise. The sun shinning through the trees, which made my walk really pleasant and enjoyable. The woods is adjacent to the pound, which I expected to have lots of insects, especially some flying insects. However, it turns out that there's only some mosquitoes near ...

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I walked for a little over 30 minutes around one side of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. I began walking around the reservoir and noticed a few trails veering off to the side of the reservoir so I decided to walk along those for the majority of my walk. It was a sunny day today, but it was slightly chilly and a little bit windy. When walking on the reservoir path I noticed a lot of plants surrounding the water and many were brightly colored either having pink or yellow flowers. I first noti...

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I went through the Pine Tree Reserve en route to my walk/run around the res, which lasted just about a half hour. The weather was beautiful. I went around 4:30, so it was still pretty warm and quite sunny before the sunset. I've walked around the res many times this year, but never noticed how much biodiversity there was surrounding it. While the animals are not so diverse,(squirrels, chipmunks, geese ,ducks, swans, etc) the plants were much more striking and diverse. I wonder how this w...

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I walked for about 30ish minutes. It was really cold so I tried to speed walk. I seen many plants that looked similar to each other so I kind of had to look a little deep in between the plants to try and find different things. I found it really relaxing to walk because I usually don't walk in nature since I hate being outside. I feel like if it was brighter outside with daylight savings the pictures would've been better and I would've probably been able to see more. Jamaica pond was real...

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I walked for about 40 minutes in the Hammond Pond Reserve next to BC. The weather was pretty good; the sun was out. I walked on the trail, so it was not really possible to get lost. There were not a lot of insects or a lot of animals in general. There were a lot of fungus, especially near the tree roots. There were small wetlands in the forest, and there was a pretty big pond. There was no observable life inside the pond except some ducks swimming on top of it.

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I walked for over half an hour at the Reservoir for this walk. It was around 60 degrees F, but it got quite chilly as there is usually a large amount of wind due to the water. I could see that some of the leaves on the trees were changing colors indicating that fall is almost here. I did not see a large amount of fauna (besides numerous humans), but there was a large amount of variety in the flora at the Res. I did also see a squirrel and chipmunk that I was not able to snap a picture of...

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Not much to see in this hardscaped urban environment. The vacant lot next door to the clinic has some trees but only one is close enough to photograph well enough to ID. So of course it's a blasted invasive: Tree-of-Heaven. I should girdle it.

And I observed my first official animal: Felis catus subspecies smakiebitieloviebaybiegraybie, a juvenile male. There is also an adult male, subspecies markiemarks, but he was grumpy and uncooperative from being beaten up repeatedly by the...

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For my walk I went to the Webster Conservation in Newton, MA. It was slightly chilly and starting to get dark (I am not yet used to the sun setting earlier) so I did not walk all the way to the pond nearby, where I was hoping to find more interesting organisms. However, next time I may do the walk earlier in the day so I can get the full experience of the conservation. Because it was getting darker, I made observations of plants that were closer to the path rather than the ones more with...

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This evening I walked in the woods behind Keyes Hall on the Newton Campus, and I was able to experience a variety of wildlife in the area. The weather was quintessential fall weather, so with the cold breeze and the sunny sky, there were no mosquitos. I noticed that there were a lot of bird calls, but I wasn't able to get a photo of the actual birds themselves. I managed to spot some chipmunks and also someone's dog roaming around the trails. The trails went pretty far into the woods so ...

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I walked for half an hour to forty-five minutes in the woods adjacent to Hammond Pond. It was dry weather with a nice cool breeze, and very few insects present. During my stroll, I came across some pretty wildflowers and two squirrels! There were a lot of bird chirping sounds, but unfortunately, I could not see many of them. The trail I took had a lot of wooded and boulder trails, which made the stroll more adventurous. There were little bridges made from wood over some of the pond which...

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The Common American Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica). “Common”, a word with a tremendously negative connotation throughout my life, as in Britain, calling someone “common” is a horrible insult. As I learn more about this plant, those negative feelings don’t wane. While the word isn’t a slight to its poshness or lack thereof like it would be if used as an insult in Britain, this common hemp nettle deserves a negative connotation.

Known widely as “stinging nettle” owing to it’s abi...

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https://scienceforum.ru/2016/article/2016019739

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Notes from: three Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater hosted citizen science events.
This month, we've been contributing to the BioBlitz happening across local government areas.

20/09/23 Flora & Frog survey: What could be better than planting Common Heath (Victoria's flora emblem) in the Yellingbo bush today, then doing a flora and frog survey with an awesome group of people aged 5-75?

21/09/23 Youth Bird, Frog & Flora survey: Our Youth Reference Group join...

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I began my nature walk at the Chestnut Hill Reservoir at 2pm. Although it was a bit chilly, the sun was shining, and it was the warmest it had been all week. I started my walk at the end of the reservoir near Alumni Stadium. At this end of the reservoir, the greenery and plant species are very abundant in the fertile areas along the water. I observed many different species, including the American Pokeweed, Low Smartweed, American Asters, and my favorite, small, unicorn-colored "berries" ...

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I began to walk around the reservoir at Chestnut hill and the tree reserve at 1:10 am and finished at about 1:45 am. I think my walk connected well to the first class period of the week because we had an exam, then I had another, another, and another. I decided to take my nature walk because I had wanted to contemplate all my shortcomings on each exam, and because I had no other time to do it. Along my existential ponderance I came across a plethora of life, including neat flowers, tree...

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All five of these observations were taken by the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. The weather was borderline cool to warm, and there were many people walking along the reservoir with some running and most walking. I took a 45 minute walk in which I saw various animals such as swans and ducks, whom were both feeding and interacting with other swans and ducks. In addition, I saw many plants and weeds sprouting near the walking path for pedestrians and even a flower by the rocks in the water. It wa...

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En Puebla, tenemos la fortuna de contar en los municipios coburbados con un desnivel de unos 2600 metros en apenas 52 kilómetros en línea recta, desde los 4400 msnm, poquito abajo de la cima de la Malinche, hasta los 1800 msnm, en el extremo sur del municipio de Ocoyucan. Esto da pie a una gran variedad de climas y ecosistemas y, por lo tanto, a una importante y variada vida silvestre.
La inmensa mayoría de los espacios dentro de la zona urbana se encuentra impactada o de plano modif...

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Earlier today I decided to do my first nature walk around the reservoir around 2 o'clock in between my classes along with my classmate. It was the perfect day to go on a walk. The sun was out but it was a nice cool day with a breeze every now and then. The walk took about an hour in total. At first, we started only walking on the main path, and there were some pretty plants with berries and flowers but nothing too extraordinary. We also some geese swimming around in the pond. Eventually,...

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