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Some of you may know that we have produced Cambridge Wildlife trading cards as a way to interest children in the local urban wildlife species in our city. Most cards bear illustrations that we have commissioned from youth artists in Cambridge, with a few exceptions. Many also include photographic images of the species from iNaturalist and used either with explicit permission and copyrighted or through the Creative Commons license. We are grateful to the photographers who have made these images available

After some years, we have added to our collection with these species. We begin to hand out the cards free to children today at Fresh Pond Reservation's annual Monarch Release and Celebration. The three new cards are:

White-tailed Deer - photo by Aaron Doucett @adoucett
see ALL his Alewife Brook Reservation deer photos here: https://www.inaturalist.org/lifelists/adoucett?details_view=observations&taxon_id=42223&place_id=118685

Virginia Opossum - photo by Richard George @parsingphase
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108075710

Common Milkweed - photo by Kate Danziger @kldanz

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83514117

For information about our trading cards, Cambridge Wildlife Arts, or our parent organization, Green Cambridge, email wildlife@greencambridge.org.

Beaver Moon Bioblitz Cambridge is here! We're building a community of new and multigenerational nature observers in Cambridge starting with this, the first year of our annual November bioblitz, during the week of the Beaver Moon (Nov. 30). The fun begins Wednesday morning 11/25.

Prizes include nature journaling supplies for the top 10 winners.

Individual observers: We are open to individual observers of all ages.

Teams: Form a team by creating or sharing an iNaturalist account with your team name. Be sure to send us a message to let us know who's on your team. Teams can be a child and an adult family member, a neighborhood group with one iNaturalist account, a class or club, or just a group of friends. This is open to all ages. The rules are just that the observations must be made in Cambridge.

Facebook Live: We'll be going live on Facebook on Wed. 11/25 at 11:30 and again on Friday 11/27 at 10:30 to help you get started if you've never used iNaturalist before. We'll show you how to set up an account and make your first observation. If you plan to use an iPhone, find iNaturalist on the App store or Google Play before you join us on Facebook, if possible.

Spread the word! Gather your team of your friends and family members in Cambridge about this project.