Diario del proyecto LPZ Virtual City Nature Challenge BioBlitz

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sábado, 01 de mayo de 2021

Check out City Nature Challenge events in the Chicago WIlderness region!

Chicago is the "City in a Garden", and there are lots of great green spaces to explore this weekend! Check out this link to register for in-person, outdoor events sponsored by City Nature Challenge partners. You can take a bird walk, explore lagoons and prairies, and more. Each event will observe social distancing and COVID-19 safety measures.
https://www.chicagowilderness.org/page/citynaturechallenge

Comment below- are you planning to go to any of these events? Let us know how they went!

Publicado el sábado, 01 de mayo de 2021 a las 12:17 AM por emartell emartell | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Why do animals live in cities?

We're spending the weekend observing wildlife, but why do animals choose to live in cities? This article by LPZ scientists breaks down that complex question for young readers. https://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2021.566272

Comment below: when did you first become aware of urban wildlife in your city?

Publicado el sábado, 01 de mayo de 2021 a las 05:01 PM por emartell emartell | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

domingo, 02 de mayo de 2021

Team shoutout!

Shoutout to the LPZ bioblitz team for your contributions to the Chicago City Nature Challenge project! It's great to see familiar names on the leaderboard :-) https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-chicago-metro

Out of 629 observers city-wide, y'all have the following rankings as of today:

Irmela: #3!
ele729: #4!
airella_d: #8!
susan1149: #37
munozjaen_: #51
thefreys: #100

This is amazing! We're well on track to beat our previous LPZ BioBlitz records with 484 observations so far (and two full days to go). What will you see today?? Keep it up, naturalists!

Publicado el domingo, 02 de mayo de 2021 a las 10:41 AM por emartell emartell | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

lunes, 03 de mayo de 2021

Trees of interest

Did you know that Lincoln Park Zoo is an accredited arboretum? Learn more about trees of interest on zoo grounds! Our helpful guide can help you identify trees in your own backyard, too.
https://www.lpzoo.org/trees-of-interest-at-lincoln-park-zoo/

Comment below: do you have a favorite tree in your neighborhood?

This is our last day to collect data, and it looks like there are some severe storms on the way in the evening. Try to get out for a walk in the morning or over lunch to log a few more sightings!

Publicado el lunes, 03 de mayo de 2021 a las 12:57 PM por emartell emartell | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

martes, 04 de mayo de 2021

Ready, set, identify!

Congrats to everyone on a weekend full of observations! Together, we logged 993 observations of 373 species. This was a great contribution to scientists worldwide!

What's next? Let's use this week to make sure each observation has an identification. There are 600 observations that need another ID to reach "Research Grade" (that happens when at least 2 identifiers agree). If iNaturalist users have suggested an identification for your photo, take some time to look through and "agree" with the observation. You can find the photos in our project that need ID here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=104103&quality_grade=needs_id&verifiable=any

Not sure how to identify? The Field Museum has some helpful quick ID guides for spring in Chicago:

Spring in Chicagoland: https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/1244
Common Wild Bee Genera: https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/1252
Common Trees: https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/1247
Birds of Thatcher Woods: https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/1266

If you see a notable observation, feel free to leave a comment for your fellow naturalist! Let's build a community and recognize each other for a job well done.

Comment below: do you have any favorite field guides to use for identification?

Publicado el martes, 04 de mayo de 2021 a las 02:22 PM por emartell emartell | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

miércoles, 05 de mayo de 2021

Chicagoland film- coyote shadow puppet!

Take a break from identifying observations to enjoy this short shadow-puppet style film about an urban coyote. UWI scientists Seth Magle and Mason Fidino lent their expertise to this creative project! http://www.chicagolandfilm.net/index.html

Publicado el miércoles, 05 de mayo de 2021 a las 01:47 PM por emartell emartell | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

jueves, 06 de mayo de 2021

Birds of Chicago

Hello Everyone,

Want to learn more about how urban scientists collect data on birds? Watch this short video to hear from one of our urban wildlife experts to learn more!
https://youtu.be/r-IEs8qqARY

If you want to become a birding expert then check out this field guide from the Field Museum.
https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/1266

Publicado el jueves, 06 de mayo de 2021 a las 08:37 PM por jamieherget jamieherget | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

viernes, 07 de mayo de 2021

Bats of Gotham (aka Chicago)

Chicago, often nicknamed Gotham City, is truly a city filled with bats! Learn more about the wonderful bats that can be found in our city and how we study them in the video and blog post linked below.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62yC0eLyso0

Blog: https://www.lpzoo.org/the-bats-of-chicago/

Publicado el viernes, 07 de mayo de 2021 a las 05:21 PM por jamieherget jamieherget | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

sábado, 08 de mayo de 2021

Camera Traps Used to Study Wildlife

Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute has an impressive amount of wildlife pictures from their very own camera traps. These cameras are set up all around the city and can tell us more about our wild neighbors. Learn more and help us identify some animals by visiting Chicago Wildlife Watch and watching the videos attached.

Help us identify: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/chicago-wildlife-watch/about/research

Videos to learn more about camera traps in Chicago:

https://youtu.be/_26b73g3AoU
https://youtu.be/rZoFctDJA9g

Publicado el sábado, 08 de mayo de 2021 a las 09:48 PM por jamieherget jamieherget | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

domingo, 09 de mayo de 2021

Join us tomorrow!

Join us tomorrow to celebrate all of your hard work during the City Nature Challenge. You will be joined by members of our Horticulture Team and our Urban Wildlife Institute! You all have made an impressive amount of observations and we want to say thank you and congratulations.

Publicado el domingo, 09 de mayo de 2021 a las 10:43 PM por jamieherget jamieherget | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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