Join us at our City Nature Challenge event on Sunday April 28th, 2024 from 10:00 am to 12:00pm. Meet by the kiosk across the street from 2924 Famosa Blvd. We will be adding observations of plants, insects, birds, and more! It'll be a fun way to participate in the challenge weekend. RSVP by emailing info@famosaslough.org.

Join us at our City Nature Challenge event Saturday April 29th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Meet by the kiosk across the street from 2924 Famosa Blvd. We will be adding observations of plants, insects, birds, and more! It'll be a fun way to participate in the challenge weekend. RSVP by emailing info@famosaslough.org.

And, check it out... we're approaching 700 species! Great work everyone, and I bet we'll add more this month.

Hello,

Inaturalist users in California can participate in Biodiversity Week blitz which runs from Sep 3 to Sep 11. If you make observations at the Famosa Slough, or anywhere in the San Diego River watershed, join this project which is competing with other parks and regions to get the most observations.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-biodiversity-day-2022-san-diego-river-park-foundation?tab=about

We're still picking up new species at the Famosa Slough, and seeing patterns in repeat observations. Have you noticed any bumblebees at the slough? Recently 3 nests were found in the park, all Bombus vosknesenskii (yellow-faced bumble bees). There's still lots of pollinator activity, check the Menzie's Goldenbush which is coming into full bloom this month.

Happy observing and reporting!

Well, we've had some great observations added and are now over the 600 species mark. Thank you to all those who have contributed. We wanted to invite you to come to Famosa Slough for the 2022 City Nature Challenge weekend, and we are hosting an event on Sunday May 1 from 4-6 pm at the slough to try to find even more!

We've had some great additions lately to the Famosa Slough Biodiversity Project. Keep them coming! There's an upcoming opportunity to make observations at the slough and contribute to a state-wide bioblitz, on September 4-12, 2021 as part of California Biodiversity Day.

As of today the Famosa Slough Biodiversity project has 496 species! Looks like we'll cross the line to 500 very soon. If you visit the slough, please follow city and county guidelines for COVID-19. We'd love to see your observations. And you can contribute to collecting data on the slough while also contributing to other ongoing projects, if you come during April 2021 and you join the Border Bioblitz project, your observations will help both projects! https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/border-bioblitz-2021
Also if you're going to take part in the City Nature Challenge April 30 to May 3rd, consider visiting the slough to make observations. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-san-diego-county

Stay safe and thank you for collecting data about the plants and animals that make the Famosa Slough such a special place.