Socially Distant Bioblitz (9/27/2020)'s Journal

October 16, 2020

Photo Winners!

Thank you for your patience as we sorted through thousands of observations to find our photo winners! Winners, your digital certificate award can be access by clicking on the link. Congratulations! And, once again, many thanks to @gpasch and The Lost Tinamou nature preserve for creating the awards.

With our final international Socially Distant Bioblitz (#10!) coming up this Sunday, we are just 7,000 observations short of reaching the 100,000 mark . If everyone recruits 2 people to participate in the last event, I'm sure we can achieve this goal!

Category: Fungi including Lichens

First Place: Mycena purpureofusca by @jackson_chu

Second Place: Common Sunburst Lichen by @mkkennedy

Third Place: Hoof Fungus by @kildor

Category: Herps

First Place: Eastern Mud Turtle by @bonnieeamick

Second Place: American Bullfrog by @srall

Third Place: Green Anole by @puffin21

Category: Mammals

First Place: California Mule Deer by @andreacala

Second Place: Desert Cottontail by @andreacala

Third Place: Nutria by @sedgequeen

Category: Plants

First Place: Red Maple by @srall

Second Place: Common Reed by @kildor

Third Place: Himalayan Balsam by @hln_m_t

Category: Insects

First Place: White-marked Tussock Moth by @bonnieeamick

Second Place: Fatal Metalmark by @andreacala

Third Place: Pale Green Assassin Bug by @dendroica

Special Mention: Bishop's Mitre Shield Bug by @hln_m_t, Four-lined Silverfish by @giantcicada, and Gray Bird Grasshopper by @scubabruin

Category: Molluscs

First Place: Lined Little Dove Shell by @nicklambert

Second Place: Pacific Banana Slug by @jackson_chu

Third Place: Gold Ring Cowry by @birdexplorers

Special Mention: Northern Moon Snail by @mkkennedy, Asian Tramp Snail by @fmiudo, and Copse Snail by @jensu

Category: Arachnids

First Place: Spined Micrathena by @bonnieeamick

Second Place: Cross Orbweaver by @francesgiberson

Third Place: Eurasian Green Crab Spider by @markuskrieger

Special Mention: Ornate Cow Tick by @kildor, Bold Jumping Spider by @giantcicada, Opilio saxatilis by @prokhozhyj, and Marpissa milleri by @onidiras

Category: Birds

First Place: Common Chiffchaff by @kildor

Second Place: Great Crested Tern by @birdexplorers

Third Place: Black Redstart by @pedrozazafernandes

Special Mention: Nevada Savannah Sparrow by @birdwhisperer, Blue Jay by @jldm, Little Corella by @twan3253, House Sparrow by @henriqueandrades, and Hooded Crow by @prokhozhyj

Posted on October 16, 2020 01:32 PM by slamonde slamonde | 11 comments | Leave a comment

October 5, 2020

Scary yet beautiful spiders

As I look through the uploaded observations of arachnids, I must mention both @bonnieeamick and @cecileroux for some truly scary yet beautiful specimens. Thanks!!

Posted on October 5, 2020 09:40 PM by magichin magichin | 1 comment | Leave a comment

October 2, 2020

Wow, I secretly wished for and it was delivered!!

A HUGE THANK YOU, so far to the many observations of fungi (136 species), molluscs (221 species), arachnids (57 species) and ray finned fish (11 species).
@nicklambert I could sit and watch those shells for the day, woohoo!

Take this weekend to continue posting all your observations from last Sunday's outing everyone. Once again, THANKS for all the great observations!!!

Posted on October 2, 2020 01:31 PM by magichin magichin | 3 comments | Leave a comment

September 30, 2020

5,001 Observations

We've just passed the 5,000 observation mark, and number 5,001 is a Greater Plantain reported by @tanniii66 from Ekaterinburg, Russia.

So far, @srall is leading in the number of observations (947) and species (360).

And 43% of all observations are "RG." Thanks again to 531 identifiers who have contributed to confirming IDs!

Posted on September 30, 2020 08:37 PM by gpasch gpasch | 2 comments | Leave a comment

September 29, 2020

4,000 Observations!

Just reached this SDBioblitz's 4,000th observation, which happens to be this Katydid I found by chance while photographing a plant.

Hey @chrisleearm, you asked if we might reach 5,000 observations. Well, it seems observations keep coming in, so we just might :-)

Posted on September 29, 2020 04:36 AM by gpasch gpasch | 0 comments | Leave a comment

September 28, 2020

Observation #3,000 was added today by...

...@srall, and it's a Common Evening-Primrose (Oenothera biennis) posted from New Jersey, USA.

As of this posting, we have 3,110 observations (half are "RG"), representing 1,544 species. Some of us are still reviewing photos and audios and posting observations, let's see how soon we make it to 4,000 obs!

Posted on September 28, 2020 05:48 PM by gpasch gpasch | 0 comments | Leave a comment

At 2,066 Observations

Observation #2,000 was submitted by @awsalas, Tribe Chichorieae from Lima, Perú. As this 8th SDBioblitz is closing, we're at 2,066 observations and 1,149 species. In the coming days we expect this number to rise as we all continue processing photos and audios and reporting our sightings!

Posted on September 28, 2020 09:03 AM by gpasch gpasch | 0 comments | Leave a comment

September 27, 2020

Four random observations from around the world

Using a random number generator, we found these cool observations!

@helenbergstrom photographed this Common Yarrow (ID verified by @jensu) in bloom, in the middle of a field somewhere in Sweden. So pretty!

@nicklambert posted a Sea Mat observation with multiple photos, offering us a glimpse of the sealife in Woolgoolga, Australia.

@hln_m_t shared with us the observation of a Mallard, swimming in the placid afternoon light, north of Moscow.

And thanks to @twan3253, we (on the other side of the world) get to know this cute Willie Wagtail (identified by @thebeachcomber for the 801st time!) from Sydney, Australia.

Thanks for sharing, we all keep enjoying all your observations :-)

Posted on September 27, 2020 10:56 PM by gpasch gpasch | 1 comment | Leave a comment

Amazing Identifiers!

A well deserved thanks to all identifiers working hard today on iNaturalist, especially to all of you helping us convert our SDBioblitz observations to "RG". As of right now, 136 iNaturalist members have identified one or more SDB observations, with @thebeachcomber in the "lead" with 53 identifications, @ben_travaglini with 30, and @igor_kuzmin with 28. Thank you!

Posted on September 27, 2020 09:37 PM by gpasch gpasch | 1 comment | Leave a comment

One thousand Observations!

Observation #1,000 just posted! It's a Geometer Moth, photographed by @markuskrieger in Deggendorf, Germany.

Keep your observations coming, both photos and audio!

Posted on September 27, 2020 07:49 PM by gpasch gpasch | 1 comment | Leave a comment

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