iNaturalist DC gatherings in 2017—let's meet in January!

Fellow naturalist neighbors, I’d love for us to gather on a regular basis to learn more about iNaturalist and DC nature from each other. We could gather outdoors to explore generally, or focus on a more targeted group of organisms (like a mini BioBlitz). We could also gather indoors with our laptops to upload observations (if you’re behind like me), add identifications, or plan our next outdoor adventure based on taxa that haven't yet been recorded from the area on iNaturalist.

I will kick off this local effort off by hosting an indoor gathering at my house in Northeast DC on Saturday, January 7th from 1-4 pm. Kids welcome. I’ll send my address to attendees personally if you plan to come (I live in Brookland, near the Red Line. Should be plenty of on street parking.). Bring your laptop and some food or drink to share!

Who wants to plan something for February? Doesn’t have to be at your house—that just happens to be the easiest place for me to organize people.

Tagging some DC/MD/VA folks to get this rolling—please tag others! @muir @treegrow @briangratwicke @calopteryx @grizzlypieper @maryeford @jbrown @laura_sebastianelli @dossification @nloewen @ehurme @katzyna @csavy @jfrancis @danbeaupre @anneanderson @blairrowan @alonsoabugattas

Posted on Δεκέμβριος 13, 2016 1210 ΠΜ by carrieseltzer carrieseltzer

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Fantastic - thanks, Carrie! Count me in.

Αναρτήθηκε από katzyna πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

I'll still be out of town on January 7th. For the February gathering, we could take a stab at identifying trees in winter. Rock Creek Park would be a good place for this. I'm not great at it, but I've been trying to learn. @jhammock @dctr @elliotgreiner

Αναρτήθηκε από treegrow πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

I'll be there in January! And @treegrow I love the idea of winter tree ID. Haven't practiced in a while but would be glad to!

Αναρτήθηκε από maryeford πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

I love the winter tree idea for February, @treegrow! Sorry to miss you but glad @katzyna and @maryeford are available!

Αναρτήθηκε από carrieseltzer πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

Great idea, Carrie! I'm free and will plan to come. Thanks!

Αναρτήθηκε από danbeaupre πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν
Αναρτήθηκε από elliotgreiner πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

count me in, a total beginner that have not really a clue of how to start.

Αναρτήθηκε από jackcamino πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

That's great, @jackcamino! This will be a good place to learn.

Αναρτήθηκε από carrieseltzer πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

awesome!

Αναρτήθηκε από jackcamino πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

Sounds great Carrie! I think I can come...I'll say yes, tentatively, if that is ok. I'll know for sure in a couple of days.

Αναρτήθηκε από laura_sebastianelli πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

Alright! This is a good crowd growing. Tagging my newest converts @mattluizza and @stsang and hoping they can join the fun!

Αναρτήθηκε από carrieseltzer πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

Trapping me in a room with a laptop and plying me with food is probably the best way to get me to go through my old notes and uploading, so I will probably make it. It'll be interesting to see where I'm at in a few weeks--how much procrastinating will I do from real work and do this instead? :P

Αναρτήθηκε από stsang πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

Haha @stsang ! iNat is a very productive form of procrastination. Looking forward to seeing you again!

Αναρτήθηκε από maryeford πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

Looking forward to this Carrie. I would love for us to put together a calendar of informal gatherings in people's favorite nature spots. Striving for low-hassle, loosely-organized and fun. With food.

Tagging @judygva because it would be great to see you! And Judy is a great resource for Woodbridge area.

Αναρτήθηκε από muir πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

Thanks @muir for inviting me. I love the idea, but will be out of town on January 7. Please count me in for the February get-together.

Αναρτήθηκε από judygva πάνω από 7 χρόνια πριν

Hope you can all still come on Saturday! I'll send an email with my address shortly. I don't have email addresses for a couple of you, so please email (carrieseltzer@gmail) or message me on iNat.

Need your email address:
Jack
Laura (I know I had it, but it was on my NGS account)

I've got email addresses for:
Kate
Mary
Katja (I'll include you even though you can't come since you had the great suggestion for winter tree ID next month)
Dan
Susan
Matt

Also tagging @botanygirl @ecologyelise @hughmcguinness @krosenthal @elliotgreiner @treichard @smallthingsrule @vincent12 @dctr @timbir5 in case you can come on Saturday afternoon 1-4 pm. Kids welcome. My 3 yo and and muir's will be there.

Αναρτήθηκε από carrieseltzer περίπου 7 χρόνια πριν

Thanks for putting this together. Unfortunately I will be helping out with a bird count for Ward 6 that day. Keep me posted on any future gatherings!

Αναρτήθηκε από timbir5 περίπου 7 χρόνια πριν

Sounds like fun! Not sure yet if I will make this one but great idea! And I'd love to be able to ID more winter trees so February sounds good too :)

Αναρτήθηκε από ecologyelise περίπου 7 χρόνια πριν

Thanks for the invite! I'm not sure I can make the meetup this Saturday but I'm enthusiastic about the idea of regular or semi-regular DC area iNat gatherings (formal or informal).

Αναρτήθηκε από calopteryx περίπου 7 χρόνια πριν

If you haven't gotten an email from me, please let me know! Also, I should mention that we have a LOT of leftover cookies and beer from a NYE party, so other food/drink would diversify the options :-)

Αναρτήθηκε από carrieseltzer περίπου 7 χρόνια πριν

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