Darvin Ojha's Observations:
Angiosperm - Great Rhododendron
Gymnosperm - Pines
Bryophyta - Pincushion moss
Fungi- Field and Button Mushrooms
Pterophyta - Marginal Wood Fern
Lycophyta - Stag's-horn clubmoss
Lichen - Greenshield Lichen
Everyone's Journal Posts
Estudiar la vida
"Lo que más me gusta de la biología es que te permite disfrutar de la naturaleza de otra manera" Una pequeña refelxión que me deja uno de mis profesores de licenciatura, he de decir, estoy totalmente de acuerdo con el. ¿Quíen más tiene el lujo de poder mirar las estrellas en medio de un bosque a mitad de la noche? ¿Existe algo mejor que dsifrutar la vista desde lo alto de una montaña? ¿Cómo no enamorarte al sentir el agua del óceano y observar como desde la superficie hasta las partes...
Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
This photo was taken in Montgomery Street in Utice Avenue. The photo was taken in March 30, 2023 at 4:41pm EDT. The weather was 45F and it was a sunny day. The humidity was 29% and the wind was 10 mph. The precipitation is 0%. The leaves were very dry and it seems as if the plant is dead.
daffodils (Genus Narcissus)
This photo was taken in Brooklyn College in Flatbush, the weather was 53F, and the wind was 10 mph. The time taken was 1:40pm EDT on March 28, 2023. The leaves were very soft. It is yellow from the inside and white from the outside. It was a little sunny outside.
Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata)
This photo was taken in Brooklyn Utica Avenue. The weather was 51F and it was taken on March 27, 2023 and the date it was taken was 12:48 pm EDT. The wind was 8mph. The tree was big and its leaves were pink.
star magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
This photo was taken in Brooklyn Utica Avenue. The weather was 51F and it was taken on March 27, 2023 and the date it was taken was 12:46 pm EDT. The wind was 8mph. The tree was medium sized and its leaves were white
Age-determination of the tsessebe in northern Botswana, using photos in iNaturalist
What, exactly, does a given species of ruminant look like at a given age, and which standards can we use to estimate body mass from photographs?
The tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus lunatus) provides an unusual opportunity, because it shows extreme seasonality and is now well-covered by photos in iNaturalist.
According to Child et al. (1972, https://www.degruyter.com/docum...
iNaturalist Training events
To prepare for the upcoming City Nature Challenge, everyone is invited to develop their iNaturalist skills in two free workshops to be held in April.
Saturday, April 15th, 1 - 4 pm
Brodhead Creek Heritage Center (Stroudsburg, Monroe County)
1539 Cherry Lane Road
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301
Register here:
https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/rOpkBfpXxyPXS...
Welcome to Wetland Warriors of Hawaiʻi! Help Us
Please help collect data in any wetlands throughout the Hawaiian Islands! Mahalo.
The collared dove - a Cromer speciality
The Eurasian collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) is not migratory, but is strongly dispersive. Over the last century, it has been one of the great colonisers of the bird world, travelling far beyond its native range (Turkey and the Balkans) to colonise many colder countries. Reaching Germany in 1945, Great Britain by 1953 , Ireland in 1959, and the Faroe Islands in the early 1970s, it has also reached Iceland as a vagrant (41 records up to 2006), but has not yet colonised successfully ...
Phylum Tracheophyta
Vascular Plants observed in Central New York
• phylum Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants) ~2282 spp. 72,359 obs. ➔ CNY Tracheophyta
· • subphylum Angiospermae (Flowering Plants)
Keep an eye out for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: An Invasive Forest Pest!
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid (HWA) is an aphid like pest that attacks and kills Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) trees. This small invasive insect is native to Eastern Asia and was first observed in Southwestern NS in 2017. HWA is now expanding northward through the province!
Biology:
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid feeds at the base of Hemlock needles and uses its long mouthparts to reach the tree’s nutrient stores. HWA has a complicated life cycle. In North America, there are two generat...
1000-Arten-Challenge - Update
Das erste Quartal des Jahres geht nun zu Ende und ich habe das erste Viertel meines selbst gesetzten Ziels erreicht. Da das Quartal noch im Winter liegt, bin ich damit ganz zufrieden. Insgesamt stehe ich nun bei 284 Arten und einige Arten könnten ja noch hinzukommen, die noch nicht bestätigt wurden.
Mein Zwischenstand nach Artengruppen sieht so aus:
Wanzen, Zikaden, Pflanzenläuse (Schnabelkerfe): 11/57 Arten
Schmetterlinge: 11/200 Arten
Käfer: 39/240 Arten
Vögel: 107...
What A Trip!
Hi West Valley Ecology Folks!
What an amazing trip we had. This is just a reminder to submit photos of organisms we saw, so long as they are potentially identifiable. Please do not submit any of the endangered species we saw.
If you are unfamiliar with iNaturalist, there is no need or pressure to identify to species level. It is perfectly OK to leave observations at "flower plant" or even "dicot", for example.
Birds of INaturalist NOT Recorded in Duval County
Below is a list of birds, compiled from eBird, of the species of bird reported in Jacksonville, or Duval County, but never reported on INaturalist. Many of these birds are extremely rare, and some are exotic/escaped, but a few of these species are regular migrants that have not received documentation in Duval County.
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Ross's Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Coscoroba Swan...
April 2nd - Taeniaptera cont'd
We're happy to announce another online workshop! Here are the details:
This week we'll continue with the Micropezidae and finish up the Taeniaptera Needs ID.
As always, our meetings are completely informal, and everyone is invited to speak their minds and ask questions to the group. Participation is vital for learning!
Please feel free to leave a comment to let us know if you plan to come! Questions are also welcome.
The Zoom meeting will open at 8 P...
Tomorrow!
"Tomorrow, tomorrow
I love ya tomorrow
You're always, a day away".
Thanks to "Annie" for that memory! Tomorrow is the start of the bioblitz. Rain is predicted in the Willamette Valley, but gee, we live in Oregon, it's spring, it rains a lot. There are wildflowers to be found even in the rain. Happy hunting and hoping for better weather soon.
Kick Off Event
We will be having a kick off event tomorrow, Saturday, April 1 at 11 am. We will meet at Ox Bow County Park at the Black Maple Shelter. Bring your iPad or cell phone. Rain or shine. :)
https://elkhartcountyparks.org/events/wildflower-bioblitz-kickoff-4-1-23/
¿Cómo apoyar este bioblitz con una donación?
Si puedes apoyar nuestro proyecto con una donación, estaremos muy agradecidos. Los fondos serán utilizados para financiar la participación de los alumnos de Zamorano en la gira académica a las Islas Galápagos, al final de mayo.
Para iniciar, debes avisar a uno de los participantes (uno de los alumnos, o a uno de los profesores) de tu intención de apoyar, y cuanto será la donación. Puede ser un monto fijo, o puede ser un monto relativo al número de especies que logramos detectar ...
Albuquerque part 3
Old town
The first thing I have to mention is the diversity of native indigenous cultures and how they can be represented in simple but deep-meaning things like vases, clothing, jewelry, and others. Imagine how the people, in the beginning, were able to become with natural colorants, materials, and techniques to express feelings, beliefs, and other important things like the harvest calendar, all this comes to my mind while I was walking every street of the old town, the red chilies d...
Albuquerque part 2
Sandia Peak Tramway
Another iconic area of the city is the Sandia Peak Tramway, located inside the Cibola National Forest. You are required to buy the tickets online and be ready to go on an adventure in the high desert.
there is plenty of space to park your car there, they recommend not to take your pet, nevertheless, they do have some cages in case you didn't know about this, but I wouldn't feel comfortable up there while my pet is stressed waiting for me, it would defi...
Albuquerque part 1
Visiting Albuquerque has a mixed amount of emotions, it was interesting to see or heard the community is proud of the native ancestry, but at the same time it felt like it was more a tourist asset, and not even in the tourist events was a center of attention the 23 tribes (tree Apache tribes and the Navajo Nation), which was a bit concerning but not surprising, but we are here to show the most positive aspect of every region so let's continue.
The first thing I noticed was the al...
Nuquí, Chocó Biogeographical Region. Part 2
On the arrival at the bitter-flavored beach, in a moment you'll see why but for now let me describe what I see that day. The boat manage to ride the waves and the beach showed the violence of the sea, there were some walls of about a meter and a half, exposing some roots of the trees on the shore, and some meters inside, you could see some wooden moldy stairs pretty slimy look and we had two bags of 80 Lt and more each one also those stairs were about sixty steps on it and some of them ...
Nuquí, Chocó Biogeographical Region. Part 1
First I must say that this region in Colombia, is considered one the most diverse areas on the planet (in area /diversity), also the rainiest one, with almost 16.000 mm of rain per year, the geographical extension is about 187.400 km² (72.355,5 Mi²), and it's isolated from the rest of the continental country by the Andean Cordillera, making it a treasure chest full of endemism and native organisms.
Now, in personal experience, I consider this territory one of the most magical and...
Monarch's matters
Continuing with the last post, the recent training in Madison was given to me as an opportunity to learn about Monarchs. I wanna make a parenthesis here because you will think I'm here contradicting myself and again making complex for you to understand what a Forest engineer does, we usually work around forests and communities but remember everything is connected and other organisms have been into my interests recently, butterflies, for example, are bioindicators they tell us about the ...
Beginning of journaling path
Always when people ask me what is my career about, I have to take a deep breath and rethink what I'm gonna say, its true my career is titled Forest Engineering, but people don't quite associate trees and math, also is more than trees, its an ecosystem, is the system that holds us, is all the dynamic and communication within the living beings on earth at least discover so far until now.
that happened just recently in the last training which happened in Madison - WI, the attendants...
Arrampicata sulle pendici del Monte Ciastella
Praterie rupicole a Festuca gr. varia, Lariceto pioniero e arbusteto termofilo su pietraie silicee di bassa quota. Notevoli esemplari di Quercus petrea in parete.
April 2023
exchange of Drosophila subobscura with Lonchetron fennicum => 55 species
Come join KNPS's 2023 Wildflower Week Botany Blitz and Botanists Big Year projects!
Happy spring, y'all!
Just wanted to reach out to invite everyone to join the Kentucky Native Plant Society's two annual iNat projects:
- KNPS Wildflower Week 2023 Botany Blitz - Just one week away!! This is runs from April 8-15 and leads up to KNPS's annual Wildflower Weekend. Observations are generally wildflower-focused because it's that time of y...
