Highlights from Day 1 (April 26)

We're off to a great start to this year's City Nature Challenge in San Diego County.

On the first day, we had over 1000 species observed and nearly 3500 observations.

We're lucky to live in such a biodiverse part of the world, where there are opportunities to see something fascinating wherever we are in the county!

One of our top marine observers, @tidepooltales, submitted great cockscomb nudibranch (Antiopella barbarensis), warty shag-rug nudibranch (Aeolidia loui), and red-banded transparent shrimp (Heptacarpus sitchensis) observations yesterday! Check out the images: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/209948251, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/209948320, and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/209948268.

Our top plant species observed thus far is lemonade berry (Rhus integrifolia).

Southwestern shortface (Dufourea australis) is leading the animal observation tally.

And we're running a bit low on our fungi and lichen observations and identifications, but we have three more days for them to catch up (any mycologists out there who can chip in?).

We hope to see you out there making observations and having fun this weekend!

Posted on April 27, 2024 01:24 PM by lmarun