📜 EwA Week Highlights: City Nature Challenge Pt. 2, Warbler Season & more
Mike McGlathery
Hello everyone!
EwA saw plenty of iNat activity this week, with the second half of the City Nature Challenge as well as our normal wildlife monitoring programs. In fact, this week we took even more observations than last week, arriving at a total of 1,647 observations as of the publishing of this email. In light of that, this week’s highlights include a lot more observations than usual, just like last week!
📸 The spring warbler migration is nearing its peak, and it’s showing up in our records. Over the past week, we documented 9 species of warblers (family Parulidae): yellow-rumped, yellow, black-throated green, palm, pine, prairie, Nashville, a northern waterthrush, and an ovenbird. Bill observed this Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) on Thursday.
EwA iNaturalist Record (© Bill Macindewar · Medford, MA · May 5, 2022)
EwA iNat user mamiles observed this quite photogenic bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) on Monday.
EwA iNaturalist Record (© iNat user mamiles · Maynard, Massachusetts · May 1, 2022)
Claire observed this Jack-in-the-pulpit rust (Uromyces ari-triphylli) infecting—you guessed it—a Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) on Tuesday.
EwA iNaturalist Record (© Claire O’Neill · Boston, MA · May 2, 2022)
It’s the time of year that we start seeing adult dragonflies, and Chris Jacobs spotted this freshly molted springtime darner (Basiaeschna janata) still pumping its wings during the City Nature Challenge.
EwA iNaturalist Record (© Chris Jacobs · Plymouth, MA · May 1, 2022)
Joe spotted this red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) really putting its back into a territorial display on Saturday.
EwA iNaturalist Record (© Joe Macindewar ·Middlesex Fells Reservation, MA · May 7, 2022)
To finish things off, we have this observation of the fungus Vibrissea foliorum from Deana. If you look closely, you can see a tiny arthropod, perhaps a springtail or mite, on the large stalk in the center of the frame.
EwA iNaturalist Record (© Deana Thomas ·Smithfield, RI · May 6, 2022)
📊 Thanks to everyone for your great biodiversity records this past week, totaling 1,647 observations of 646 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 103,241 observations of 7,784 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 Spring Program [ 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)
Peak schedule: Our monitoring programs are in full swing, and are occurring every week this time of year. 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 it for this week—until next time!
-Mike
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