Halfway Done!
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!
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I definitely felt like there were very few bugs out yesterday because of the weather. Overall I’m impressed by how many species we have all found so far. We were only a few species shy of 1,500 yesterday. With 2 days left to shoot, and so many observations still not IDed, we should far exceed the species count of the past 2 years. - Celeste
@bugsandbirds I think you were spot on! There were quite a few insects out once the sun came out yesterday. I was comparing what we still needed on the last day this year and last year, and we seem to be well ahead this time around. Now to get those last few species and see if we can beat previous years.
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