DFW competition -- what part of the metroplex has the most?!? September 6 - 12!

Like many of you, I've missed out on doing some public bioblitzes all this year. It is what it is. Nonetheless, nature's still out there, just waiting for us to appreciate it and document it. I hope you all have taken some time to escape outside to look for bugs and birds and whatnot.

Well, in the meantime, let's have a little fun competition! This is sorta like a local scale city nature challenge -- only just in the DFW area! What area of DFW can document the most species, make the most observations, and have the most engagement?!?

First of all, you don't have to be a master naturalist to participate! You don't have to join any projects. This umbrella project is composed of the 6 master naturalist chapter areas. Observations made in these areas are automatically added to both that project and this umbrella project. Again, you don't have to be a master naturalist to participate, but if you are a master naturalist, hopefully you can get some volunteer service time for your participation.

So, observations of wild organisms made between September 6 and 12th will count. At the end of this time, I'll put together a little report and will highlight some of the cool finds. Also, each day there will be a "daily challenge" -- I've got a list of 7 things to look for, and you get extra respect points for documenting the daily challenge organism/interaction. :) Respect points are worth their weight in gold!

Hope you will participate! And which area do you think would have the most observations/species/participants?!? :)

由使用者 sambiology sambiology 在 2020年07月31日 17:59 所貼文

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Where are the master naturalist georgraphic areas defined?

發佈由 cwd912nb 大約 4 年 前

Thanks - it’s on my calendar. Do you have a map that defines the geographic areas?

發佈由 observerjosh 大約 4 年 前

Oops -- I should have made that more clear. Here is the umbrella project that contains the 6 projects (and their areas):
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fall-socially-distant-bioblitz-dfw-master-naturalist-chapters

So, Tarrant and Parker Counties area added to the CTMN project (and this umbrella project):
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ctmn-counties-fall-socially-distant-bioblitz

Each of the 6 chapters/projects have a few counties in their project. :)

發佈由 sambiology 大約 4 年 前

Thanks!

發佈由 observerjosh 大約 4 年 前

Sorry can't come. I'm now living in California lol.

發佈由 zinogre 大約 4 年 前

Great idea, Sam! Can't wait participate. I'll take Collin County.

發佈由 jsuplick 大約 4 年 前

I'm on it! And I have some vacation time I need to take ;-) But I'm conflicted because my "home base" is LLELA, so obviously I should want Denton county to win- but a large park of LLELA is currently inaccessible due to the work on Lewisville Dam. So I've been hanging out at other places (drying beds) in addition to LLELA. So what to do, what to do???? LOL

發佈由 jblinde 大約 4 年 前

Great idea!! I can incorporate this into my Ecology lab, with proper training. To answer your question: 'And which area do you think would have the most observations/species/participants?!? :)'

The Ecology lab will be broken down into trees, aquatic insects, birds, and prairie plants. So, I'll probably offer my students to go in small groups on different days and focus their respective group that day.

BTW, any advice that anyone wants to give me in terms of online ecology related activities - please pass it my way on a private message. My Environmental Science lab for non-majors is 100% online, and the Ecology lab students are only meeting in small groups for their assessments on one of the four categories listed above. UNT has zero student travel to field sites right now, so we will be limited to the UNT campus for field trips. I can have students do things around their homes or parks on their own if they are able.

Best to all of you!!
Jaime

發佈由 baxter-slye 大約 4 年 前

Count me in. I will defiantly participate in this contest. This will be good! I think that this will be a very nice challenge. I may be busy on some days but I will give it my best shot since I have classes and what not. I am looking forward to this. I am sure that I can get the most stuff on the weekend points and maybe when I get some free time later in the day when I am done schooling for the day I can go out and get some good stuff. This will be exciting. I wonder how many observations I will get with in this week. It will be very interesting. Wonder if I will be able to beat out my CNC total. Just a thought I could possibly do it. We shall see how this goes. I will meet your little challenge my friend. Lets do this!

發佈由 galactic_bug_man 大約 4 年 前

Yay! It's now on my calendar, Sam. :-)

發佈由 kathrynwells333 大約 4 年 前

On my calendar, too! Looking forward to it!

發佈由 cgritz 大約 4 年 前

Do you mind if I post your Journal entry (minus the comments) to our Indian Trail chapter journal? Or would you prefer just a link?

發佈由 cgritz 大約 4 年 前

Sure! Share as much as you'd like!

Yeah, I do hope that some folks really get excited about a little sprinkling of 'competition.' The daily challenges will be pretty fun too. :) Stay tuned for those -- I'll 'release' them like a few days before the bioblitz starts so that people won't hoard critters. ;)

發佈由 sambiology 大約 4 年 前

Just to clarify, it's OK to share with whomever? I was going to post it on the Denton Trees group.

發佈由 baxter-slye 大約 4 年 前

@schylerbrown @kaitlynn7 @tsbasham

發佈由 baxter-slye 大約 4 年 前

On my calendar! I think this needs to go on Facebook if'n it isn't already. I can't think of anyone in particular who isn't on the list above, but I feel like there are lots of MN folks who aren't on there that might participate.

發佈由 tadamcochran 大約 4 年 前

Yes, thanks!

發佈由 cwd912nb 大約 4 年 前

@atozbotanicals @birdsandbugs27 @robin_g

發佈由 kimberlietx 大約 4 年 前

Sounds fun! My bet would be on Denton county, but I'm biased.

Something to look forward to for sure.

發佈由 tgbirdnerd 大約 4 年 前

I think Arlington might hold some good stuff. I will be going else where in the DFW area but I am staying well in Tarrant County limits just to see what I can turn up in my neck of the woods. Hey boy's got to represent here for the home territory. Just saying. Got to keep tabs on this one just in case we make this annual just saying. This will be good.

發佈由 galactic_bug_man 大約 4 年 前

I really appreciate having a full week. I'll be checking out some favorite spots on the West Side of Fort Worth.

發佈由 cwd912nb 大約 4 年 前

Happy to participate -- Collin County.

發佈由 assmann 大約 4 年 前

Will be checking out places in Collin and Denton counties!

發佈由 susanaber 大約 4 年 前

I'm happy to participate too! Dallas County! I'll get @dduron88 for Dallas County too.

發佈由 melissa_duron 大約 4 年 前

We're in ! Looking forward to it !

發佈由 rehb 大約 4 年 前

What a wonderful idea Sam! Thanks for the invite

發佈由 gwaithir 大約 4 年 前

Sounds fun, I am looking forward to it!

發佈由 ppilarski 大約 4 年 前

Woo hoo!

發佈由 taosit 大約 4 年 前

That sounds like a great time; I wish I could participate, but I'm up in New Hampshire until later in the fall. Keep me posted if you plan to do it again. And when/if you do, please consider including Grayson County. I'm sure some folks from Bluestem Chapter would like to join in.

發佈由 lshepstew 超過 3 年 前

Looking forward to it! @baxter-slye

發佈由 schylerbrown 超過 3 年 前

I've been crocheting hats to give this November, for the homeless, since this Covid Virus started in our area.
A few days of something else, sounds pretty awesome!!!🤪🐝🦋🐞🦆🐛🦝🐇🐁🌿🌻🐿

發佈由 walkingstick2 超過 3 年 前

Hey everyone!

Somewhat short notice, but I'm going to do a zoom presentation on this socially distant bioblitz Thursday (20 Aug) evening from 7 to 9 pm. I will be going over the "how to's" on observing, identifying, and monitoring the projects.

It's also going to be recorded and will be available on vimeo (I'll send that link after the event). So, if folks aren't able to join on Thurs but they still want to watch, they can later on.

If folks do want to join the zoom, they can click on the 'registration link' below, and sign up. Then they'll get the link to the zoom webinar.

When: Aug 20, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Topic: DFW Socially distant bioblitz: how-to's with sambiology

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6p4oHJmFQq2ZSUsD56zwdg

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Thanks!

發佈由 sambiology 超過 3 年 前

Elm Fork is getting the word out...watch out other MN chapters, here we come!!!

發佈由 hawkilitle 超過 3 年 前

This is such a great idea, Sam. Needing a little competitive nature time to spice things up a bit. And @jblinde - I can come up with a list for you right here in Denton County! Start with The Flower Mound (of course!), Cross Timbers Trailhead, Central Park (surprisingly, some days it's great), Clear Creek is especially good now that it's not flooded, and I'll even show you the Lantana trails. Ping me...I'd love to go with you to any of these...or anyone else that wants to go.

發佈由 naturemom 超過 3 年 前

@jblinde and @baxter-slye - the Elm Fork territory includes Wise and Cooke Counties as well. What @hawkilitle and @naturemom said above.

發佈由 taosit 超過 3 年 前

Agrhgh! I missed the zoom call! Darn it. Sam, how do we watch it?

發佈由 baxter-slye 超過 3 年 前

I’d love to watch when it’s available as well.

發佈由 observerjosh 超過 3 年 前

I would love to watch it as well, if it can be done!

發佈由 lulubelle 超過 3 年 前

So, if you have an hour and a half of free time... Here's the recording:
https://vimeo.com/450333815
The password is bioblitz (all lowercase, all one word).

發佈由 sambiology 超過 3 年 前

Thanks, Sam!

發佈由 kathrynwells333 超過 3 年 前

Much appreciated, Sam!

發佈由 walkingstick2 超過 3 年 前

I just listened to it- very informative, learned a few things! Thank you Sam for posting and I will be observing like crazy that week. I'm not a Tx Master naturalist but I do live in Denton county so I feel some loyalty there....

PS your reason for why people don't do more ID'ing of others' is on the mark- I feel fairly confident with a lot of my own observations but I also still feel like a "newbie" who isn't good enough to ID for others, but I will do more! promise!

發佈由 jblinde 超過 3 年 前

Updated the "rules" for this bioblitz! :)
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fall-socially-distant-bioblitz-dfw-master-naturalist-chapters/journal/39764-bioblitz-rulz

I've also got the 7 daily challenges with sub-challenges for sub-respect points. Buuuut, I'll wait until Friday, Sep 4 to 'release' these. Oooooo, edge of seat sort of stuff, no?!?

發佈由 sambiology 超過 3 年 前

lol!

發佈由 walkingstick2 超過 3 年 前

Sam, Thank you for the very informative video. I learned quite a few new things. Much appreciated. Information is never to long when it is interesting and helpful.✌🏻

發佈由 walkingstick2 超過 3 年 前

@sambiology Missed the live stream as August 20th was my 26th wedding anniversary but just had an opportunity to watch the replay. I love that you're planning to visit each of the participating regions; thank you for spreading the wealth ... ha!

發佈由 kathrynwells333 超過 3 年 前

Waiting on the edge of my seat!

發佈由 hawkilitle 超過 3 年 前

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