Midnight Update: Day 2
Today was a spectacular day! It was sunny and comfortable if rather windy, which does make taking focused shots of plants a bit harder.
Today's top 10 species were the same as yesterday's (all terrestrial plants), just in a different order. The top bird is the robin, closely followed by the cardinal and Canada goose. The most frequently observed mammal (often in the form of tracks) was white-tailed deer, then Eastern gray squirrel and Eastern cottontail. The most frequently seen insects were Eastern tiger swallowtail, six-spotted tiger beetle, and pearl crescent. Top herps are common box turtle, Eastern rat snake, Eastern red-backed salamander. Frequent fungi include turkey-tail, false turkey-tail, dryad's saddle.
We've got 17 spongy oak apple gall observations already, while last year there was only one. In contrast, by this time in last year's challenge we had logged 20 juniper-apple rust galls, while this year we only have four. We've got lots of black cherry leaf galls, along with several other types that need their ID's confirmed.
If you'd like to do some mission planning for your forays tomorrow, you can see what hasn't been spotted yet in this year's CNC, or see geographic breakdowns via the links in this document. So if you know where to find any of the missing organisms, go seek!
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