jstarspots's Journal

So close now!

Have you made a plan for how you'll BioBlitz?

Thought about how you can do a few observations each day? Planned a great big outing to hunt down every organism in a wild place? Thought about taking some observations as you walk your dog?

If not, time get thinking about it!

And tell your friends. 😊

GSB Tasmania has facebook and instagram!
Share your experiences and follow along.

facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/greatsouthernbioblitztasmania

instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/gsbioblitz_tas/

Tamar NRM will be hosting a day of BioBlitz activities at Launceston Field Naturalists' property, Skemp's Field Centre on Saturday 21.

Register here: https://www.tamarnrm.com.au/event-details-registration/bioblitz-2024

And more info available on their facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/TamarNRM15

How to take part in the #GSB2024:
https://www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/how-to-participate-in-the-gsb

iNaturalist - website and app to download:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/

New to iNat? FAQ:
https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/folders/151000547684

If you have questions, please comment below.

When you fill in "what did you see", even if you're not sure of the species, add a category like bird, fish, spider or plant to help your observation reach ID.
And change the location as necessary.
iNat FAQ:
https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/folders/151000547684

iNat website and app to download:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/

GSB website:
https://www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/how-to-participate-in-the-gsb

Tasmanian project - join up! Joining puts a #GSB2024 project badge on your observations.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-tasmania

On the first day of the #GSB2024, try to make at least FIVE observations; pigeons in your park, weeds in your garden. More is great, but FIVE is a solid start.

KEY LINKS:

iNat website and app to download: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/

iNat FAQ: https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/folders/151000547684

GSB website: https://www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org/how-to-participate-in-the-gsb

Tasmanian #GSB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gsbioblitz_tas/
Tasmanian #GSB facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/greatsouthernbioblitztasmania

Tasmanian project - join up! https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-tasmania

Want to check the Regional Leaderboard?
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-umbrella

It's that (irregular) Spring time again, when we spend a four day weekend iNatting as much stuff as possible!

I take rough, geotagged and sometimes digi-binned photos on my phone when I'm out. Then I upload them to iNat when I'm in.

I hashtag these all, #GSB2024. Partly to raise awareness of the event, but partly as a reminder that it might be a far less interesting observation than I'd normally make. For the #GSB2024 it's all about volume, not description!

International leader board here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-umbrella

Tassie project here - join up and the weekend observations will all be "badged." This helps others get to know about the event.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-tasmania

Don't forget to upload your photos and sound recordings to iNat to make your observations count - iNat is a platform that values evidence based, community verified observation.

If you're in the north, @Tamar NRM is running a field day at Skemps, and tonight is Moth Night at home - more on that as it gets dark!

Please join the iNat project - it will put a "project badge" on all of your observations, for this weekend only. This helps raise awareness of the event. And invite your friends, family and foes!

Last weekend day, but Monday is still counted! Head out and take some more photos &/sound recordings of your neighbourhood diversity today.

At 8:30am, Tasmania has 870 observations of 427 species. There are 98 people who have generously IDed observations. And 82 observers (but only 25 have joined the project!). That's over 10 observations per observer, on average, with the leader having made 83 observations.

Want to see the biodiversity captured at Tamar NRM & Launceston Field Naturists BioBlitz day at Skemps? This link should take you there:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-09-20&d2=2024-09-22&nelat=-41.284965484891536&nelng=147.39529714521106&swlat=-41.30269957889564&swlng=147.33779058393176

Tassie is currently sitting at 22nd on the leaderboard, with some great international company!

Today is the last day to make observations - anything observed up until midnight will count, and they must be uploaded and IDed by 7 October (more on that later!)

Check out the international leaderboard here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2024-umbrella