Macaulay Summer of Nature 2020's Journal

Hey folks! Let's show off the nature around us wherever we are this summer! All through June, July, and August, make iNaturalist observations and have them count towards this project. How many different species can we find? How far can we expand our map? What will be the most observed species? Let's find out!

Here's how to participate:

1 - Join the project (the Join button is in the project banner on the app and in the browser).
2 - Make observations wherever you are June 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020.

That's it! It's easy! The project will automatically collect all of your observations once you join. I'll announce some fun stats and challenges periodically in this project journal. You'll get updates in the Activity section of the app or via email (if you enabled that function in iNaturalist).

If you're sticking around mostly inside, there are still things to observe! Check out this list of recommendations from City Nature Challenge - Stay at Home Scavenger Hunt

The Summer Solstice is June 20 (at 5:43PM). That means we've got a lot more daylight to explore. Our June challenge is to find at least 10 different species in the next 15 days. I'll pull the data from today through June 30, which means these 10 species can be ones you've already observed in the project as long as you observe them again between 6/16 and 6/30.

At least 10 species by June 30 - ready...GO!