miércoles, 28 de abril de 2021

In Two Days: Texas City Nature Challenge 2021

Join Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Master Naturalists, the Nature Conservancy, the Audubon Society, and many others in a fun challenge to see which city can document the most species during April 30 - May 3, 2021. It is easy to participate by joining an event or making observations on your own using the iNaturalist app. With the iNaturalist app, you just take a picture of a plant or animal, and the community will help identify which species it is. Any observation in the greater metropolitan areas that have created a Project will count during the four day challenge. You can participate by exploring the life in your backyard, in your local park, or on a field trip with your local naturalist group. You can also help with IDs for other people's observations to increase our species count, come to a bioblitz, or even hold your own event!

TPWD Nature Trackers Texas City Nature Challenge

Visit Here to Join One of the 2021 Texas City Nature Challenge Cities

Publicado el miércoles, 28 de abril de 2021 a las 05:14 PM por naturebugs naturebugs | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

lunes, 19 de abril de 2021

PROJECT UPDATE/STATUS AS OF APRIL 19

So many great observations from so many people. As of this Journal Post, we have 199 Observations (representing 122 species) from 33 Observers. 50 members have joined the Project.

And thanks for including previously collected/pinned species but a word of caution so researchers pulling data from iNaturalist do not get skewed results. Observations of pinned specimens are completely acceptable in iNaturalist, but we need to be sure of what the pin location and observation date represent, whether it is the place and time found, or the place and time that you photographed it. It also helps tremendously if you clearly state which option it is in the description. If the data you provided is where/when the specimen was photographed, rather than found, the observation should be marked as Captive/Cultivated, as it can otherwise affect the range data, etc. If there is any uncertainty as to what the data represents, then it should be marked as inaccurate location or date. I noticed a few observations that were tagged as “Date is incorrect” because of this situation and that is why they are now Casual Grade. If the date and location are changed to the collection date then you can mark the “Date is accurate” to Yes, and the Observation should go back to research grade.

Please keep adding Observations and Identifications so we can all learn more! If you have questions or want to contribute more to the iNat Project check out the other Journal Posts and post comments. As always, feel free to @ me with any questions about iNaturalist or the this iNat Project.

Publicado el lunes, 19 de abril de 2021 a las 01:37 PM por naturebugs naturebugs | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

martes, 13 de abril de 2021

iNaturalist Help / Getting Started / Links

If you are a new iNat user or just want a refresher, here are a few links to pages you might find useful:

Getting Started Guide
Frequently Asked Questions
iNaturalist Forum
iNaturalist Blog

Visit this Link to Identify Observations in this Project.

Feel free message me @naturebugs with any questions about this Project or iNaturalist.

Publicado el martes, 13 de abril de 2021 a las 06:36 PM por naturebugs naturebugs | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Texas Insect/Spider ID Resources

Publicado el martes, 13 de abril de 2021 a las 06:29 PM por naturebugs naturebugs | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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