caseychamberlain's Journal

This past Saturday I spent some time in Santa Cruz, so I walked along the water by Lighthouse Point and made some observations. My findings were mostly of plants and animals, but I also saw one fungus that I was able to get a picture of. I am working on uploading these observations today. This upcoming week, I hope to get out to another new location, but if that does not work out, I would like to maybe go to the beach or Huddart Park again. I am going to research some phyla that I have not yet observed and figure out where I might be able to see some new species, so I am excited to see what I might be able to come across.

This upcoming week, my goal is to continue working on uploading my observations from Santa Cruz, as well as make some observations on the coast and maybe in the Central Valley. I might be in Sacramento on Wednesday, so on my drive there and back I might be able to stop along some of the inland waterways that connect to the San Francisco Bay and observe some estuary species. I would also like to potentially go tidepooling, as this will help me make observations of phyla that I have yet to find.

I was not able to get out to any parks or the beach this week, but I was walking around my yard and noticed some strawberries spontaneously growing in my backyard, so I may take photos of those to upload. Around my yard there are also lots of different patches of moss, as well as tiny flowers that grow in my lawn. I often see little birds right outside my window, sometimes even including hummingbirds, so I hope that I will be able to capture these observations.

This was the last full week of our iNaturalist project, which comes to a close in two days. Tomorrow and Tuesday I hope to make some final observations in additional phyla before the project ends.