And here we go - Day 1 of this year's Personal Bioblitz! Here is an article from Rutgers about it:

https://sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu/2022/03/the-annual-personal-bioblitz-connects-people-with-nature-will-it-break-records-again-this-year/

Good luck, and happy species looking!
Lena

And we got our 100th participant this year! Already 48 of you have uploaded sightings of species, and so many more to come.

Species and observations are rolling in, despite the chilly weather here in New Jersey. Thankfully we have participants in many other parts of the world, like southern and western USA, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, etc.

Currently after 1 week - Over 1200 species, over 3600 observations, and 436 users of iNaturalist around the world have helped identify the species we have seen.

Remember all wild and naturalized species counts. Go out with your phone or camera and get those common species before you forget them for the spring flowers and arriving migrating birds. Here in New Jersey the spring peepers (a kind of tiny frog) are having big choruses now, and you can easily hear them, but rarely see them. But sounds count too!

I am about to take out my microscope and start to look for tardigrades in mosses. Tardigrades have only been reported 3 times from New Jersey on iNaturalist, but are supposed to be everywhere.

Take care and good luck!
Lena