Brrr....it's a cold start to the CNC. But the forecast looks way better than last year. Who's ready to go find some wildlife? We're off to a strong start with 34 species already. How many more can we get today? Unfortunately, I can only do the weekend this time, so I'm relying on all of you to go make some extra observations for me. :) Good luck and happy iNatting!
We had a pretty good start yesterday. So let's keep that momentum going. After day 1, we have collectively seen over 1000 species and have had 285 people take part! Individually, we have young @petermhoughton leading the observations category with nearly 400 observations, and @conboy with an amazing single-day species tally of 227.
How many more species will we find today? We're still missing a ton of easy species, so it shouldn't be too hard to get to 1.5k species today. See what species we still need at http://targets.cncphilly.org/.
And now that it's the weekend, can we get 500 new people to make an observation? Tell your friends and family to make an account and log a few observations. :)
Good luck everyone!
We're now halfway through the 2024 City Nature Challenge. After a strong start on Friday, we seem to have slowed down considerably. We didn't get to 1500 species, nor did we get to 500 participants. NYC is ahead of us in 2 out of 3 categories, and DC is far ahead of us in all categories. In just the Americas, we're currently at 18th for observations, 15th for species, and 19th for participants. The weather might have had something to do with that - it was cloudy and kinda chilly all day yesterday. But it's going to be warmer today and maybe we'll get some sun.
We still have a lot of fairly easy-to-find species on our needs list. You can see the full list at http://targets.cncphilly.org, but here's a snapshot of our top 50 needed species.
You can visit the site throughout the day today and tomorrow to see what we still need. It updates every 30 minutes and you can also filter by your area of interest.
How have everyone else's two days been so far? I'd love to hear about your experiences, any unexpected things you've found, what you're looking forward to, etc. Similar to last year, my insect count has been low so far. I haven't seen a single butterfly yet even though they were flitting in my yard just the day before the CNC started, Let's see what today has to offer. Happy iNatting, everyone! And let's go, Philly!
This is your last chance to make those observations! As the last day begins we stand at 13k observations, 1900 species, and 774 observers.
We still have a few more easy-to-get species and we're still shy of our 1k participant goal. Today is the chance to convince your family, friends, and co-workers to make an account and log at least one observation. :)
Here's a sample of our current top needs list, but you can visit http://targets.cncphilly.org/ to see an auto-refreshing full list.
