Brooklyn CNC2019 Journal: Day 2 Summary
With a few planned events in Brooklyn yesterday, our numbers surged up in the Battle of the Boroughs. We're now 2nd in number of Observers, behind Manhattan; the Bronx is close behind us. Thank you to everyone who organized and hosted yesterday's events.
We're still trailing last in the number of Species (effectively tied with Staten Island) and Observations. Remember that multiple observations of different individuals of the same species, even common species in the same area, count. It's not "cheating"! It helps to establish the size and extent of a population, useful in scientific studies.
Observations can be made in less "glamorous" places, such as hell strips and abandoned lots. Even the trunks of our street trees offer many observations of lichens and other fungi. I've found as many as four species on the trunk of a single linden tree in my neighborhood!
As for wildlife, "Every Pigeon (and Squirrel) Counts"!
I confirmed one technical glitch I had suspected: The boundaries for Kings County (Brooklyn) in iNaturalist don't cover everything you would expect. For example, many of the observations from Brooklyn Bridge Park aren't showing up as belonging to this Project. They still count toward NYC, so they're helping our counts overall, but Brooklyn isn't getting credit for them. I suspect the issue has to do with old geographic boundaries not keeping up with landfill and shoreline extensions. I've reported this issue, but I don't expect a fix before the end of the observations period.
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