Lake Mac City's Backyard's Boletim

There are still identifications being made, and agreed upon, but we can hold our heads high considering the geographical location covered for the Lake Mac City GSB project.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-lake-mac-city

The current Lake Mac City tally within the overall GSB 2024 stands at:
observations (currently 75th)
species (currently top 50 [45th]) and
observers (56th)

If you are interested in checking out what was recorded in other areas across the Southern hemisphere here's the link to the GSB 2024 umbrella project
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-umbrella

Thanks everyone - keep popping back to the links to track everyone's records.

Just over 80 hours until this year's Great Southern Bioblitz commences.
Grab family and friends and share with them how easy it is to join in and be blown away by the amazing biodiversity on our doorstep. Don't forget our nocturnal critters!
Follow the project here

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-lake-mac-city

It's always fantastic seeing all your observations across the Lake Mac City area. Please join in the Great Southern Bioblitz project taking place across the Southern Hemisphere from 20-23 September 2024. Remember your records acn be day or night observations on land or water.
If possible with plants please provide a couple of images to assist with identification
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-lake-mac-city

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It is fantastic seeing all your observations across the Lake Mac City area. Please join in the Great Southern Bioblitz project taking place across the Southern Hemisphere from 24-27 November 2023
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2023-lake-mac-city

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Not long until this year's Great Southern Bioblitz commences.
Don't forget our nocturnal critters!
Grab family and friends and share with them how easy it is to join in and be blown away by the amazing biodiversity on our doorstep.
Follow the project here
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2023-lake-mac-city

I hope you all have GSB 2023 in your diaries.
Lake Mac City has registered again so lock in 24-28 November and start thinking about where you may visit during the bioblitz!
As it is a month later than 2022 (to ensure equity across the three continents), our warmer Winter and Spring may mean we will have to all look a little harder to find some of our more cryptic species.
Join the project Great Southern Bioblitz 2023: Lake Mac City · iNaturalist

Lake Mac City will once again participate in GSB 2023 in late November.
We hope you can join in to increase the number of observations recorded.
Maybe get a group together and head out during the bioblitz.
Here's the link to the project- if you join it, you will get a reminder closer to the date.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2023-lake-mac-city
Are you wondering why the date changes each year?
Spring varies across the southern hemisphere and to be inclusive of participants across the three continents, the project team agreed to move the dates each year. In 2024 GSB will return to late September.

It would be great to see local observations of Christmas Beetles posted .
Here's another project you may be interested in following.
Link to a webinar run by University of Sydney on the project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqKoWoPX6ws

A reminder in case you have missed any promotion in the lead up: GSB 2022 starts in just over 12 hours.
Any species you observe within the 96 hours within Lake Mac City will also be included in the GSB project.
Simply upload your observations to iNaturalist by 14 November and they will be automatically 'captured' in the project.
If you are new to iNaturalist, there is an amazing resource list to assist with questions you may have plus tutorials to assist you to upload your observations.
Simply head to the Help tab https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help
The most important thing is to have fun while observing nature.

Still a few months out - please add 28-31 October 2022 to your diaries.
All observations recorded in Lake Macquarie LGA during the time frame will be included in the Lake Mac City project.
It would be fantastic to have more people involved ..... so your challenge , if you choose to do so, is to encourage others to start getting involved in iNaturalist in the lead up. :)
It is always exciting to see what everyone has seen whether it is over a few hours or a couple of days.