The City Nature Challenge April 24th - April 27th, 2026.
Check out the City Nature Challenges occurring in cities around the world. Go to www.citynaturechallenge.org to see the scores of this friendly competition in 2026.
Connectivity is the Way to Link Up
Ever consider creating a Bioblitz?
Ever consider creating a Bioblitz?
Ever consider creating a Bioblitz?
"A BioBlitz is an event that focuses on finding and identifying as many species as possible in a specific area over a short period of time. At a BioBlitz, scientists, families, students, teachers, and other community members work together to get a snapshot of an area’s biodiversity. These events can happen in most any geography—urban, rural, or suburban—in areas as small as a backyard or as large as a country.
Smartphone technologies and apps such as iNaturalist make collecting photographs and biological information about living things easy as part of a BioBlitz. High quality data uploaded to iNaturalist become part of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, an open source database used by scientists and policy makers around the world."
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/bioblitz/
The Great Migrators - Hummingbirds
Ever consider creating a Bioblitz?
Ever consider creating a Bioblitz?
"Hummingbirds (family Trochilidae) are amazingly adapted pollinators, and they play an important role in pollination.
They have long, slender bills and tube-like tongues that they use to drink nectar from brightly-colored flowers; this gives them the energy they need to fuel their high metabolism.
To attract them, you can either plant a hummingbird garden or hang a hummingbird feeder. In your garden, choose native flowers with a tube shape. Hummingbirds are not attracted by smell, so chose plants with brightly-colored flowers."