Diario del proyecto 2020 Brandeis Bioliteracy Project

Watching our project this week made me nostalgic for campus so I thought I would add a few highlights see in and around Waltham this week.

iNaturalist user @ldym21 definitely made a splash with an excellent Red Fox observations (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40940493) what a wonderful surprise! Be sure to always keep a safe distance from wildlife especially this time of year!

The next highlight comes from one of our Brandeis librarians iNaturalist user @sarahtheentwife who captured a Red-tailed Hawk practicing some predatory behaviors on a stick. Great action shot for sure! (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40920779)

Stay safe and stay healthy!

This past week in our project had many highlights - one of my favorite is the observation of a garter snake ball near campus. Never heard of a snake ball? It is part of the mating process for garter snakes where males swarm a female as she emerges from the winter. Nice behavioral observation! A complement to the species occurrence data for sure.

Check out the observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41783795

Exciting times as you explore iNaturalist this weekend we'll see lots of observations from around the world being added as we gear up to the City Nature Challenge! While our efforts this year won't influence the Boston efforts as they have in years past, it will still be excited to see what everyone here sees over the next four days! Let's go Brandeis and do some Citizen Science!