Get ready!!! City Nature Challenge 2023, April 28 - May 1!

Friday, April 28 - Monday, May 1
Mark the calendars! Get ready to deeply engage with nature on these four days! Let's document EVERYTHING. :)

Each year, the citizen/community scientists in Dallas/Fort Worth remind the world just how much biodiversity exists here amongst us. The City Nature Challenge is an excellent way to highlight not just this biodiversity but also the active group of folks that engage with nature -- I love it!

So, mark it on your calendars -- April 28 - May 1 -- City Nature Challenge 2023!!! Any and all observations made on these four days from the 10 counties that make up DFW (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise) and uploaded before May 6th will count towards the DFW City Nature Challenge. No extra steps, no projects that you have to join, nothing -- it's automatic!

I'll put up another journal post with some of the gatherings -- if you know of others, please let me know!

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to reach out to me @sambiology, sam.kieschnick@tpwd.texas.gov, sambiology@gmail.com, or my cell: 214 215 5605

Posted on 10 de março de 2023, 09:30 PM by sambiology sambiology

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Publicado por kathrynwells333 mais de 1 ano antes

Publicado por observerjosh mais de 1 ano antes

I'll be on it!

Publicado por scarletskylight mais de 1 ano antes

On the calendar. Let's do this!

Publicado por xeric-sw mais de 1 ano antes

Thank you for the heads up Sam!

Publicado por balajidevarajan mais de 1 ano antes

DFW is gonna win SO HARD!

Publicado por nathanmayflower mais de 1 ano antes

Yeah, boy! @sambiology says iNat isn't a cult, but that's not slowing down my proselytizing!

Publicado por chuckwilliamson mais de 1 ano antes

@chuckwilliamson I got a new “convert” yesterday! 😂

Publicado por observerjosh mais de 1 ano antes

looking forward to it 🥳

Publicado por mallyblue mais de 1 ano antes

@sambiology @observerjosh What observerjosh said, yes!

Publicado por katermorgan mais de 1 ano antes

Can't wait, this sounds like fun!

Publicado por ecologiststeve mais de 1 ano antes

Hooray.

Publicado por fratto mais de 1 ano antes

EEEEK! I'm so excited. Thanks for tagging me.

Publicado por ambytbfl mais de 1 ano antes

This is going to be great. Just go a new set of night vision goggles. I am going to go through the old naturalist gear cabinet I have and get my pack ready to rumble. I will have all my other stuff at the ready. I need to scratch that BioBlitz itch. Lets do it again! All Wings Report In!

Publicado por galactic_bug_man mais de 1 ano antes

Awesome!

Publicado por cdsanders mais de 1 ano antes

I'm excited!!!

Publicado por carol308 mais de 1 ano antes

Excited to join again this year!

Publicado por strawberrytart mais de 1 ano antes

SO READY!!

Publicado por samantha_knight mais de 1 ano antes

IT'S TIME

Publicado por w_mcdaniel mais de 1 ano antes

On my calendar and will make sure I have the time off! Ready to go!

Publicado por lulubelle mais de 1 ano antes

Looking forward to it!

Publicado por sam_dragon-moore mais de 1 ano antes

@sambiology Out of curiosity - who won last year and where did DFW finish? I never saw any results...

I will participate!

Publicado por jim668 mais de 1 ano antes

So excited! Gonna go for some records this year!

Publicado por chandlerdavis mais de 1 ano antes

Fun! Calendar marked!

Publicado por erinmckool mais de 1 ano antes

this is the way!

Publicado por katelyn3 cerca de 1 ano antes

On my calendar and looking forward to it. I'll lead a couple of events again this year, but maybe not on all four days like I've done in the past. Nah, I know better. I'll be out there!

Publicado por naturemom cerca de 1 ano antes

Yassss! I'm so ready for this!!! CNC is my favorite holiday weekend! 😂

Publicado por wildcarrot cerca de 1 ano antes

I'll be out there hunting up some odes- hoping to try some new spots in addition to my usual haunts.

Publicado por jblinde cerca de 1 ano antes

Yes! I am ready! :)

Publicado por bobbie79 cerca de 1 ano antes

Good grief, I’ll be in High Island that weekend :(

Publicado por caleborear cerca de 1 ano antes

Nice!! Thank you!

Publicado por cfximages cerca de 1 ano antes

Calendar marked!

Publicado por peywey cerca de 1 ano antes

Just FYI -- if you want to practice some more, warm up the camera, or connect with other iNatters, here are a couple events coming up before the city nature challenge as well:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/sambiology/77643-events-gatherings-coming-up-this-spring-around-dallas-fort-worth

Publicado por sambiology cerca de 1 ano antes

I love the CNC weekend!!!

Publicado por sara39 cerca de 1 ano antes

Is it midnight, yet!!!???

Good news, I thought we would lose @devinpedraza and @isaaceastland to the Austin area this year, but they promised to return to DFW just for the iNat challenge. @gwaithir will have to be kidnapped from his computer and assignments, but I have a plan. @callmekiwii @jonothon-cantu @nathanielstx @karlamont will be making observations while working as interns with the City of Lewisville native median project. Must be nice to get paid to iNat!
The rest of the UNT SER crew is ready to go! Let's do this! @immortalwhat @brandonmeadows @madisonruther @mirandamix @mckenzie_sprabary @faith_labry @ecologiststeve @jada-martinez @gracemartinyoung @ashgiron @numberoneshrimpfan @eva_dwelle @abb3ykate @sarahparoski @dstrbd_ecologist @gracedeckard @savannahbug @chloejade @abbyh09 @juliet_jackson @audrerees @joel_p_ashman and @kaitlynnnn and @jimenavivanco

Publicado por baxter-slye cerca de 1 ano antes

Hey all -- just got word -- we'll cancel the Friday night mothing event in Midlothian. Threats of hail make mothing no fun. So, stay safe -- and maybe keep an eye out for some moths outside of your places!

As far as I know, Frisco is still on!

Publicado por sambiology cerca de 1 ano antes

My contributions will be limited this year--I'll be in Oregon and try to help out the Portland city nature challenge! Good luck, get lots and lots of species documented, go DFW!

Publicado por jasmitch cerca de 1 ano antes

@caleborear, enjoy High Island--I was there last weekend and the bird diversity was crazy.

Publicado por jasmitch cerca de 1 ano antes

I have a day and a half to participate, less than last year, but at least I’m not traveling for work like some of the recent challenges.

Publicado por observerjosh cerca de 1 ano antes

As long as the weather holds, I'm doing a wildflower inaturalist walk at the Burleson campout. Not really an official bioblitz this year but we'll be checking out what's in the pocket prairie. I'll be rambling around west FW otherwise probably!
Happy iNatting this weekend!

Publicado por katelyn3 cerca de 1 ano antes

Final stretch... we're almost there! Half hour countdown from Central Time Zone.

Here are results from 2022:
Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas, United States:

42,398 observations
3,417 species
1,324 observers

@jim668 Here's the source for last year's observations: https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/past-results

We're almost tied with Houston for number of species.

Publicado por scarletskylight cerca de 1 ano antes

I was so looking forward to mothing in Midlothian. Now that it's canceled, it probably won't rain!

Publicado por lulubelle cerca de 1 ano antes

Nooo dang it rain, I was so excited!

Publicado por nathanmayflower cerca de 1 ano antes

I got some cool birds this morning!

Publicado por balajidevarajan cerca de 1 ano antes

I revisited all my favorite plants in my local prairie remnant this morning :) :) :) :)

Publicado por scarletskylight cerca de 1 ano antes

I visited a couple places today.

Publicado por bobbie79 cerca de 1 ano antes

I'm looking for get-togethers within a stone's throw of west Fort Worth if anyone knows any events that aren't rained out. I'm black-lighting under my covered patio tonight, but that's about it. :(

Publicado por ambytbfl cerca de 1 ano antes

@ambytbfl, there was nothing planned in Ft Worth tonight.

Publicado por lulubelle cerca de 1 ano antes

@sambiology We have our Denton County Master Gardener Plant Sale this weekend as well as our NPSOT-Trinity Forks Plant Sale ... whew! But, I'm squeezing in as many observations (and identifications) as I can!

Publicado por kathrynwells333 cerca de 1 ano antes

Well, my phone died last night and it’s not turning back on, and I have to travel for work tomorrow, so I’m wrapping up my observations a half day sooner than planned. I still have a small number to add from my camera, but not too many more than I already have. It was fun, and observed some lifers!

Good luck everyone else on finishing up!

Publicado por observerjosh cerca de 1 ano antes

My daughter is old enough now that she wants to come on "the flower hunt" with me. I swear, we've found every straggler daisy bloom in the neighborhood. Also, a lot of rocks...

Publicado por fratto cerca de 1 ano antes

@fratto , rocks are good!❤️

Publicado por lulubelle cerca de 1 ano antes

I finished my phone upload which pretty much finishes up my observations. I’ll try to do some identifying later in the week, but not sure I’ll have much time with work.

Publicado por observerjosh cerca de 1 ano antes

We still have the normal week to upload our photos and ID observations, right? I assumed we did and don't have all my stuff in. Normally the week of upload/ID time is mentioned, but I can't find it mentioned this time. If we don't have that, then I am out of luck on a llotof observations.

Publicado por lulubelle cerca de 1 ano antes

Whew -- I'm worn out! :) Another GREAT showing for Dallas/Fort Worth!

So, we have until Sunday/Monday to upload everything and ID as much as we can. Monday is when the results are announced. Of course, the quicker that we can get everything uploaded, the better.
I'll be working hard on ID'ing as much as I can the rest of this week! :)

Publicado por sambiology cerca de 1 ano antes

Definitely one of the most fun weekends I've ever had!!!! Let's go DFW! Hopefully I'll finish uploading everything before tonight!

Publicado por nathanmayflower cerca de 1 ano antes

Hey all, just FYI -- posted some events/gatherings/blacklighting stuff for DFW this June and July:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/sambiology/80251-events-and-gatherings-in-near-dfw-in-june-and-july

Publicado por sambiology cerca de 1 ano antes

@sambiology Thanks, Sam!

Publicado por kathrynwells333 cerca de 1 ano antes

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