Halfway there, and we are already setting records!
What a great start to this year's City Nature Challenge! People across Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Salt Lake, Summit, Utah, Wasatch, and Weber counties are rising to the challenge to observe the nature all around them! In the first 2 days of the challenge, we surpassed the number of species observed in Utah during the entire 2019 CNC, and are well on our way to setting a new record of observations made in Utah during any previous CNC!
There are many observation highlights so far, including labeled observations of 2,064 plants, 309 birds, 302 insects, 79 spiders, 74 mammals, 56 fungi & lichens, 32 gastropods, 17 reptiles, 2 amphibians, and 2 Bacteria. Here are a few highlights:
• The second ever European Firebug observed in Cache County by @michaelashcroft
• A Northern Leopard Frog (a vulnerable species in UT) in Cache County @jgjulander
• This Swainson’s Hawk in Salt Lake County by @maerhwyn
• A Mallard duck and her ducklings observed by @hmcentire
• This Fox Squirrel captured mid-air by @stevenmerkley
• Miroscopic bacteria, Genus Beggiatoa, found by @zookanthos
What will you observe next!?
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