Diario del proyecto City Nature Challenge 2023: Chicagoland Region

08 de mayo de 2023

2023 Results!

Collectively between April 28th and May 1st, 2023, 700 participants made 8,400 observations of 1,300 species in the Chicagoland Region!

See everything we found here https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-chicagoland-region?tab=stats

and help out with identification here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?project_id=city-nature-challenge-2023-chicagoland-region

Internationally, we collectively made over 1.8 million observations of nearly 60,000 species, 2,500 of which are listed as rare, threatened, or endangered. A total of 66,000 people made observations!

Check out all the observations globally here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023

Publicado el mayo 8, 2023 10:42 MAÑANA por bouteloua bouteloua | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

02 de mayo de 2023

iNat Event at Metropolitan Brewing tonight!

Awesome to see all the observations pour in over this (rainy and cold, per uszh) City Nature Challenge weekend! Over the next week, we'll have time to add identifications and upload any remaining observations. Results will be announced on Monday, May 8th.

One thing that is helpful is to add a fave/star to cool observations. That will help us find them and share with the international organizers and potentially land managers/researchers/the media. The fave button is each individual observation, underneath the map.

Tonight at 6PM - hope to see some of you at the iNaturalist event at Metropolitan Brewing! More info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/id-the-birds-bees-with-isc-city-nature-challenge-tickets-537806773537

Publicado el mayo 2, 2023 04:07 TARDE por bouteloua bouteloua | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

27 de abril de 2023

Four days of Chicagoland Region CNC Challenges

The Chicago Region is participating in the City Nature Challenge, a four-day biodiversity competition in partnership with over 400 cities across the planet! But with thousands of possible plants and animals to see across our 14-county area, where do you start?

We’ve set some (OPTIONAL!) daily “location” and “species” challenges to guide you in your quest to discover and document urban wildlife. Every observation is important from the things you see every day to things you’ve never seen before.

Friday, April 28th

Level 1: Backyard

It’s day one of the City Nature Challenge, and where better to start documenting urban wildlife than in your backyard? Your location challenge for today is to find signs of life right where you live and upload it to iNaturalist!

Level 2: Bugs, look low to the ground

Bugs are some of the most important members of our urban ecosystem. From spiders, to ants, to butterflies, help us better understand their role by finding one and snapping a photo for today’s species challenge.

Saturday, April 29th

Level 1: Nearest park/nature place in your area

For day two of the City Nature Challenge, let’s venture to a local greenspace. In the Chicago region, we’re lucky to have many parks and preserves that are home to all kinds of wildlife. Today’s location challenge is to visit your local green space and upload an observation there.

Level 2: Birds (Robin, sparrow, etc.)

Did you know Chicago is one of the best places in the country to see birds? With over 300 possible species to see, finding one should be no problem. But getting a good photo? That might be a challenge for today’s species challenge.

Sunday, April 30th

Level 1: Nature center nature

Day three of the City Nature Challenge and your location challenge today is to go a bit farther. Nature centers are sanctuaries for plants and animals that are a bit harder to find. Visit your local nature center and upload an observation of wildlife you’ve never seen before.

Level 2: Diverse plants grasses, trees, flowers

From mighty trees, to beautiful flowers, to tiny moss, plants are all around us. Your species challenge for today is to upload a picture of a plant to iNaturalist.

Monday, May 1st

Level 1: Bring it back to your block

Day four of the City Nature Challenge and it’s time to bring it back home. We all live in a larger community with both people and wildlife. Who are your non-human neighbors? Today’s challenge is to find evidence of wildlife on your block and upload it to iNaturalist.

Level 2: Plant and animal interactions (trees & squirrels, bugs & plants, etc.)

Through the City Nature Challenge, you’ve interacted with wildlife all weekend. How do individual plants and animals interact with each other? Today’s species challenge is to find not one, but two species that are interacting such as a bee on a flower or a squirrel in a tree.

Publicado el abril 27, 2023 12:39 TARDE por bouteloua bouteloua | 4 comentarios | Deja un comentario

21 de abril de 2023

iNat Social on May 2nd from 6PM-8PM at Metropolitan Brewing (Chicago)

Illinois Science Council is hosting an Identification Social after this year's City Nature Challenge. We'll gather at Metropolitan Brewery, get a quick tutorial on how to use iNaturalist, and then hang out enjoying the local brew while marking observations that occurred over the past weekend.

Bring your own laptop or device to work on!

Metropolitan is family and dog friendly, with gluten-free and NA options.

Tuesday, May 2nd
6PM-8PM (Central)
Metropolitan Brewing
3057 North Rockwell Street, Chicago, IL (view map)

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/id-the-birds-bees-with-isc-city-nature-challenge-tickets-537806773537

For the full list of Chicagoland Region events, visit https://www.chicagowilderness.org/citynaturechallenge

Publicado el abril 21, 2023 12:04 TARDE por bouteloua bouteloua | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

03 de marzo de 2023

City Nature Challenge 2023: Chicagoland Region Events

See full event details on the CNC Chicago Wilderness webpage. If you or your organization is thinking about holding a related event before, during, or soon after the City Nature Challenge in the Chicagoland Region, please fill out this form by April 15th.

This list is actively being updated with new events.

All times are local time unless otherwise indicated.

Saturday, February 25th

All Day: Wild Things Conference 2023
10:15AM: How to Identify Anything: Using iNaturalist to Give and Get Help With Species ID
4:15PM: Building a Community of Science: Stories from App-based Participatory Science in Chicago

Wednesday, April 16th

6PM: DGC Sprouts: DuPage Sunflower Project and Community Science Inspiration (Illinois-DuPage)

Friday, April 28th

5PM: Bioblitz at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve (Illinois-Kane)
6PM: Lincoln Park Zoo BioBlitz and City Nature Challenge 2023: Chicagoland Region (virtual-Central time)

Saturday, April 29th

9AM: City Nature Challenge at Meadowbrook Nature Preserve (Indiana-Porter)
10AM: Mushroom Stroll at Indiana Dunes State Park (Indiana-Porter)
10AM: Bioblitz at LaBagh Woods (Illinois-Cook)
10AM: Wildlife Nature Hunt at Greenbelt Forest Preserve (Illinois-Lake)
1PM: iNaturalist Scavenger Hunt at Kankakee Sands (Indiana-Newton)
2PM: Wildlife Smartphone Scavenger Hunt: Gibson Woods (Indiana-Lake)
2PM: 100 Birds Bash (Illinois-Cook)

Sunday, April 30th

8AM: West Ridge Birds and Botany Walk (Illinois-Cook)
9AM: Habitat Management & City Nature Challenge at Rock Run Preserve (Illinois-Will)
1PM: Wildlife Smartphone Scavenger Hunt: Gibson Woods (Indiana-Lake)
8:30PM: Mothing in Chesterton, Indiana (Indiana-Porter)

Monday, May 1st

1PM: Let's Look Around Stoutsburg Savanna Nature Preserve (Indiana-Jasper)

Tuesday, May 2nd

6PM: ID the Birds & Bees with Illinois Science Council (Illinois-Cook)

Learn more and RSVP at https://www.chicagowilderness.org/citynaturechallenge

Submit your event here.

Publicado el marzo 3, 2023 04:54 TARDE por bouteloua bouteloua | 3 comentarios | Deja un comentario

20 de octubre de 2022

Join the Chicago region City Nature Challenge team

Help organize locally for the City Nature Challenge 2023: Chicago Region. The observation dates for next year's challenge are April 28th through May 1st, 2023. Save the dates!

Our first regional organizers planning meeting will be:
Tuesday, December 6th, 2022 at 10AM Central
via Zoom

To join that meeting and/or be added to our regional organizers email list, add your contact info to this form and we will reach out with additional information closer to the date.

Other links:

Thinking of planning an event?
If you or your organization is thinking about holding a related event before, during, or soon after the City Nature Challenge in the Chicago Metro area, we will be collecting all events and displaying them on our regional hub. Example events include:

  • bioblitz
  • guided nature hikes
  • iNaturalist workshops/trainings (e.g. for beginners, how to add IDs, educator-focused, or advanced iNat usage)
  • virtual identification party or nature storytelling
  • sharing how your organization or research uses iNat data
  • learning about urban flora and fauna through iNat or Seek
  • urban nature trivia Zoom

How to Make an Observation on iNaturalist using our Mobile App from iNaturalist on Vimeo.

Publicado el octubre 20, 2022 04:40 TARDE por bouteloua bouteloua | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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