📜 EwA Week Highlights: Bobcats, Bumblebees & Moth Nights

[Mike McGlathery]

EwA Highlights July 27, 2024 Hello everyone!  Thanks for reading the July 27th EwA Highlights. We’ve officially reached 200,000 observations. Thanks to everyone that’s helped us get there!  📸 It’s not every week that EwA has a live bobcat observation in its iNat projects. Deana observed this one down in Rhode Island this week. It’s only the 15th observation of a bobcat in EwA’s biodiversity projects, and only the second observation of one in person (as opposed to scat, tracks, or trail cam footage).  EwA iNaturalist Record (© Dean Tempest Thomas · Rhode Island, USA · July 2024)  EwA naturalist participated in two moth nights this week - one at the Somerville Growing Center and one at Fresh Pond. While many of the headlining organisms (moths) were observed, there were other cool nocturnal arthropods to observe too, such as this long-horned caddisfly (family Leptoceridae, with this one belonging to the genus Triaenodes) observed by Kat. EwA iNaturalist Record (© Kathleen R Shea · Cambridge, MA · July 24, 2024)  EwA’s most-observed species this week was a bumblebee again this week, with the common Eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) topping the list. These bees have subterranean nests with irregularly laid-out cells. Compared to a honeybee nest, a bumblebee nest might seem a little haphazard. EwA iNaturalist Record (© kdemary · Somerville, MA · July 23, 2024)  📊 Thanks to everyone for your great biodiversity records this past week, totaling 663 observations of 355 distinct species. If you’re curious about the records from this week that have been validated by the iNat community so far, you can find them » here. 🏆 Running tally: To date, we have recorded 200,505 observations of 11,378 distinct species! Check out our EwA umbrella project, see the details per site/observer, and more » here. 📅 EwA Upcoming Public Events Ewa Field Events » Check the EwA Summer [ Event details and registration » ] Don’t miss some great opportunities to follow the rhythm of the season in our local habitats and in the local wildlife! Space is limited for all our field events. Wildlife ethics is important to us and we seek to avoid putting the pressure on natural habitats which large gatherings unavoidably do. We are asking our audience to register-and-commit (or cancel when you know you can’t come) to avoid no-shows. EwA Fieldwork (and Resources) It’s a great time to join our monitoring programs. Check EwA’s Volunteer Program Calendar 📅  to know when things happen. And if a session is of interest to you, don’t hesitate to reach out to get the rendezvous location. 📅 EwA Sites Map | 🌱 Site Protocols and Guides · Field Rosters · Field Notes » All here! | ℹ️ More about EwA’s Citizen Science Program » Here ❓ Do you have any questions? Don’t be shy. Just email me or reply to this thread.  That’s all for this week—hope you have a good one! -Mike