First Post

First off, congratulations on everyone who participated in the last Socially Distant Bioblitz! This bioblitz is only four days away! 84 people observed from 20 countries, submitting over 7k observations and over 2.5K species!
This bioblitz may be the last. Or maybe not. This bioblitz will have the same features as the last bioblitz, which includes certificates given by the next bioblitz, stat updates, leaderboards, milestones, and new countries/state updates. This time, if we can hit 10,000 observations and 100 observers, that would be great! We hope you have enjoyed all of the Socially Distant Bioblitzes so far.
If you are new, let me tell everyone about myself, and share some tips. If you have participated, welcome back!
My name is Robert Levy, and I am a 14 year old naturalist living on Long Island. I am relatively new to Inaturalist, and as of now, I have over 11,500 observations. I am an amateur in identifying certain organisms.
Newcomers to Inaturalist and the SDB´s are always welcome. Tell your family and friends to be a part of this wonderful community, and take pictures of their natural environment!
Next, for identifying organisms, YOU do not have to go to species every time. If you do not know what species it is, you can put it as "Dicots", or "Carnivores", for example. You can also tag a person that knows more. For example, you can tag me at @yayemaster, or tag another one of our admins which are as of now, @slamonde, @gpasch, or @alexis_orion
Finally, if you just take 1 photo, or if you take 1000, it still counts towards research purposes. For our newcomers, welcome to the Socially Distant Bioblitz series! And also welcome back for our returning bioblitzers!
One more thing. If you are up to the task, you can always ID our observations. Also, remember to not take pictures of CULTIVATED/CAPTIVE organisms. A follow up post later today will be made about that.
Thanks,
Robby

Posted on 02 de setembro de 2020, 12:06 PM by yayemaster