City Nature Challenge 2021 comes to a close

And that is a wrap! As of midnight last night (Chicago time), the City Nature Challenge 2021 came to a close.

Check out our collective global results here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021 and keep an eye on the international project's journal for a summary to be posted soon there.

For the Chicago metro area, join a virtual celebration of urban nature tonight at 6PM. Lincoln Park Zoo and other regional conservation organizations will be wrapping up City Nature Challenge 2021 over Zoom. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lpz-virtual-bioblitz-city-nature-challenge-2021-registration-148834972409

Infographic text:
City Nature Challenge 2021: Chicago Metro
Between April 30th and May 3rd, 2021:
over 12,000 observations
over 1,000 observers
over 1,500 species
over 500 identifiers

Most-observed:
Animal: red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), photo by @greenoutdoors
Fungus: dryad's saddle (Cerioporus squamosus), photo by @athek0
Plant: prairie trillium (Trillium recurvatum), photo by @marensr

Most surprising:
broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostrus)

All photos CC BY-NC, graphic by cassi saari (CC BY)
See everything we found at https://bit.ly/cncchi2021

Logos: City Nature Challenge 2021, iNaturalist, California Academy of Sciences, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Chicago Park District, Chicago Wilderness, Budburst: a project of the Chicago Botanic Garden, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Ornithological Society, Northeast Chapter of the Illinois Native Plant Society

Interested in planning an event or having your organization participate in 2022? Shoot me an email at cassi.saari@chicagoparkdistrict.com and I will add you to our organizing email list.

See you next time!
—cassi

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