It's not a competition this year but...
...who among us has not been bitten by the bug of getting just a few more species or observations because it's City Nature Challenge weekend! The rain and concerns about COVID-19 are keeping many of us closer to home, but we are still getting out and seeing some wonderful things. @capitalnaturalist, @jmgconsult and @jacobogre are in the top 20 worldwide for observations or species! Here are a few observations that have really tickled me:
-DC's first iNat record of golden club by new iNatter @kathleenkrepps.
-@ndebarros' observation of a cocoon recently vacated by an ichneumonid wasp, ID'd by iNat as a member of Campopleginae. This gave me a thrill because I had seen one earlier this month and would have had no clue about what it was without iNat's computer vision.
- An eastern red bat by new iNatter @lucymcfadden.
It's not a competion, but the leaderboards are still up and we are looking really good. Here are few tips to help our community get even more out of (and into) iNaturalist! Last night at midnight the DC area was second for number of observers with 961. If you know someone who sends you pictures and asks you for identifications, or posts them to Facebook groups, ask them to post to iNaturalist as well! We were 5th for number of species with 1,446. Since we have less native floristic diversity, and are further behind phenologically, than warmer areas such as Houston and especially Cape Town, there's only so much we can do. But don't overlook the diversity we "borrow" from other continents in the form of weeds, a list that's expanding faster than our native species are evolving. Just in the last 2 days, by scrutinizing sidewalk cracks and lawn weeds right here in Inner Suburbia, I have seen 3 plant species that I had never seen before! We were 4th for number of observations with 12,451. When you're not outside because it's rainy or after dark, try turning your lens to the small creatures who share your home, garage, and basement, and don't forget to add them to the Never Home Alone project.
I'll share one more tip that saved my day yesterday: If your iNat app is taking up a lot of space on your mobile device, log out of the app on your device and then back in. In the field yesterday my phone refused to take any more pictures and I had to delete some things on the fly. When I got home I searched the iNaturalist forum on "storage space" and found this tip. When I headed back out after lunch, I had 40GB of space to work with!
See you back here tomorrow--or maybe today in the field (or on the sidewalk)!
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