The stats are looking good, now only 978 observations needing ID.

Revisit your own observations and see if you can ID them further, even if just a few levels. Sometimes changing something from "insects" to "beetles" or from "plants" to "solanums" will help attract an ID expert in that field to help out.

All IDs need to be finalised by 7 October to count in the official #GSB2024 results.

Here's a direct link to the 978 observations currently needing ID - there cou...

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I began this nature walk by leaving my dorm on lower campus and walked towards the Hammond Pond Reservation. It was a little before 6pm when I began walking and I was pleasantly surprised with how many fungi I could find on campus. Many of them appeared visibly similar yet when looking for a look alike on the app, had different classifications so I wonder if they are related evolutionarily. Since the sun was setting as I was going on this walk, the bugs were biting a bit and it was mid-6...

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Last week, iNaturalist hit an exciting milestone—1,000,000 observations with sound!

While this is a small fraction compared to the number of image-based observations, it’s a significant contribution to global biodiversity monitoring. In fact, iNaturalist is now the second-largest provider of sound ...

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With the objective of finding as many different types of fungi and lichen as I could, I walked through the woods of the Chestnut Hill Reservation. In total, I found three different types of fungi and lichen, with said lichen on both rocks and tree. I started my walk along the path next to the reservation, where I quickly found my first lichen. Many of the trees inthe area had this green lichen growing around it, which I found out to be Common Greenshield Lichen. As I continued along, I c...

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Went out on a walk with a friend around the neighborhood near Upper Campus. Managed to find plenty of plants, and (thankfully) a surprising amount of fungi! We also witnessed a car crash but that isn't pictured here.

It was a great walk with great company; thirty minutes flew by, and it was fascinating seeing so many fungi species coexisting with many other types of flora. In fact, I was unable to find any species of fungi existing by themselves on the ground, without some sort o...

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Ao iniciarse este proxecto o número de citas de Tuberaria globulariifolia contabilizadas por iNaturalist é de 187.

Nesta mesma data o número de cadrículas UTM 10x10 nas que está presente a especie en biodiversidade.eu é de 106.

Destas 106 cadrículas hai 17 para as que non se coñece neste momento localidade concreta de presenza da especie.

NÚMERO DE OBSERVACIONS (iNaturalist): 187
NÚMERO DE CADRÍCULAS 10X10 (biodiversidade.eu): 106
CADRÍCULAS NAS QUE FALTA...

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I walked around the Houghton Garden, looking for fungi (namely mushrooms and lichens, because I cannot identify anything else.) The weather was slightly cloudy, sunny, with relatively low wind speed. It was close to sunset time (afternoon), which should be a time where animals are active, yet I didn't observe a lot of animal activities.
The two species I observed today, Bumblebees and lichens, survived on other species by mutualistic symbiosis. Bees pollinate the yellow goldenrods w...

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To complete this assignment, I walked around my house near South Street, Commonwealth Avenue and the Resvervoir in look for species. I found a variety of fungi, plants, animals and more. The day was sunny and pretty and I was enjoying the weather. I had the opportunity to explore my surroundings and investigate the nature around me. It allowed me to connect the material in class to the real world by seeing first hand many species and the similarities/ differences that there are among the...

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This week I went on a walk around the edge of campus towards Webster Woods with two classmates. The sky was covered with clouds, but it was still very light outside (it was mid afternoon) and the air felt both warm and humid. This kind of weather has been pretty standard lately, which perhaps explains how plentiful and healthy looking the plants were. All the grass was bright green and while I expected it to be difficult to find any fungi, I ended up seeing so many that I didn't take pho...

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I went on another run today starting at the lower side of the Boston college and strolling all around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. It was a relatively cloudy day at 72° with some breeze. Usually, there are more animals on the water but today there were fewer, likely due to the changing of seasons approaching. There was a family of ducks though which was super cute. I also started to notice that more of the trees are starting to change colors, specifically from green to yellowish orange. ...

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Want to see observations for the entire Enterprise South Nature Park? Go to: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=35.116330320989384&nelng=-85.0898541148006&swlat=35.07300029588872&swlng=-85.1363743479549

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During my second nature walk, my friend and I went to the woods at Edmands Park. We walked on the paths for about 40 minutes. The weather was pretty nice, as it was warm, sunny, and a little humid outside. There were orange, brown, and yellow leaves all over the trails and surrounding areas. There were also many fallen trees on the ground. This was mainly where I searched for fungi. I found many different types all in the same small area. Most of them were in damper areas either inside o...

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I went on a nature walk starting from the Merkert Chemistry Department of Boston College and throughout the Pine Tree Reserve of Chestnut Hill. The walk was almost an hour long and it was especially relaxing on a Friday afternoon, slowly walking through a quiet area by myself and observing the nature around me. The weather today was very nice as it was around 75 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny. There was not really a breeze, but I was also walking in the shade from the trees in the Pine Tre...

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I took a nice stroll around Crystal Lake by Newton Center. While in the past, I have enjoyed the general scenery while taking walks in beautiful natural spaces, this experience of zooming my attention (and my camera!) in on specific details was new for me and led me to have a more active and full appreciation of the landscape’s beauty. I was also surprised to see so much beauty in plants that were more common (and in many that are considered weeds). For example, I loved the color of the ...

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I went on my second nature walk today, this time by the Pine Tree Reserve by Boston College for about an hour. I was not expecting to find such a large variety of fungi around trees, tree stumps and rocks. There were a lot of pine trees that had flaky barks that layered on top of each other which was really cool.

I'd say I found about 5-9 unique species of fungi. It was interesting to see how there are different types of fungi and the way they grow with the different spore shap...

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I was walking around the Reservoir. The weather was sunny and clear, with low wind speed. As an animal myself, the noticed the mute swans, the northern map turtles, and the american cormorants first and captured them in photoes. During the walk, I was constantly searching for more (moving) animals to record, yet later realized that I have ignored the diverse plants and fungi around me - birch, ferns, lichens, etc. As a homo sapien observer, our perspectives are undeniably biased and homo...

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Today, I took a walk in Edmunds Park (Newton Woods). The weather was warm and cloudy with a temperature of 73 degrees. The temperature felt warm but not overbearing. My walk was roughly 35 minutes; on it I focussed mainly on fungi, but also took my time to enjoy the scenery. I have never taken a walk looking specifically for fungi. Doing so felt very refreshing and also somewhat rewarding. I was extremely surprised with all of the fungal variety throughout the woods. Although I knew that...

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At first, I went my with my friend to the little patch of upper ground across from the Fish-Field House, but was unable to find any mushrooms. The weather was pleasant, though, so I didn't mind too much going towards the reservoir to look in a different spot. While we walked on the trail, I started to become increasingly discouraged because there simply were no mushrooms to be found. My friend suggested to go up this one trail into the woods, and I suggested we look at the dead, fallen t...

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It was very warm and sunny on my walk today through the Pine Tree Preserve and around the reservoir. I was searching for fungi and lichen today on my walk and I was able to find Smokey-eyed Boulder Lichen growing on a rock in the Pine Tree Reserve. I found lots of organisms that looked like some sort of moss or lichen but I had trouble distinguishing between the two. Due to their similarities, I predicted that they might belong to the same monophyletic group. However, upon doing some qui...

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I walk for about 40 mints around the reservoir, the weather was good even though I wished it was a little colder. This was my second walk around the reservoir, and I did not expect to see True Swans and Pond Slider, that was suppressing. Even though I did not expect to see them I think if I seen them without taking a pictures I would not notices them as much because I would not be thinking about them. If I hadn't taken pictures, I might have just glanced at the swan and turtle and moved...

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Howdy friends!
I wanted to invite y'all to the Fall NTX Native Seed and Plant swap!

From the event page:
"Join us in person at the Cedar Ridge Nature Preserve on Saturday, November 9th from 2 to 4 pm for the 2024 Fall NTX Native Seed & Plant Swap, open to native plant enthusiasts in Texas.
General Guidelines:

• Texas native plants only; absolutely no invasive species permitted
• Healthy plants and seeds, free of disease and pests
• Ready ...

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For my second nature walk I ventured down to the Chestnut Hill reservoir and the surrounding patches of forest. I began my walk on the southern side of the reservoir, which is significantly less forested and thus less shaded than the opposing side. For the first 20 or so minutes walking on alongside Beacon street the only fungi I found were the occasional patches of common greenshield lichen growing on tree trunks. Once I reached the other side and started exploring in the cooler, moiste...

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I walked through the Chestnut Hill Reservoir again with a friend for about 45 minutes. It was a beautiful, sunny day once again (73 degrees F), although not as bright as last week and a little more overcast. As the theme of the week was fungi, we first tried to look through the wooded area right next to the reservoir, but couldn’t find any fungi for about 15 minutes; all we could find was moss all over the trunks. We decided to go around the reservoir where we saw swans, turtles, and som...

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Date: Friday October 4, 2024
Locations: Newton MA, Lexington MA, Brighton MA
Temperature: ~75 Degrees Fahrenheit
Weather Conditions: Sunny/Overcast

Today I tried snapping photos of fungi I came across as I went through my day. As the past week has been relatively dry I wasn't able to find new fungi growing but did find quite a few interesting ones growing on various surfaces. Before seeing any fungus, I caught a glimpse of what appears to be an Allen's Squirrel under ...

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For our second nature walk, I walked around the Pinte Tree Reservoir and around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir for about 40 minutes. I walked at around 6 in the evening, and the conditions were cloudy and cool. At first, it was hard finding fungi, but that was simply because I was looking in the right space. Once I went into the forest (on a trail), they were abundant, and it wasn't hard to pick out a couple. I found a lot of them growing on fallen trees, which highlights the cycle of life ...

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Our Observation of the Week is this Long-horned Beetle in the genus Dichostatoides, seen in Nigeria by

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For the second nature walk, I decided to walk around the Pine Tree Reserve on lower campus. It was a beautiful, warm, and sunny day. I didn't realize Boston College had recently build this miniature reserve recently, so it was refreshing to check it out after a stressful week full of midterms. There wasn't a lot of evident fungi, but I was able to identify a few different examples. The most obvious and frequent was fungi that resided on trees or stones. However, I also found two differen...

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Y’all ain’t ready for this

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I took a walk around the Chestnut Hill reservoir after breakfast at approximately 11:00 am. The weather was sunny with a calm breeze, feeling like low 70s, and it was a great way to explore life outside Boston College. I first strolled upon several flowers, such as the Autumn Hawkbit on the sides of the water. I was surprised by a bumble bee landing on one of the flowers nearby, and as I continued my walk some of the geese came by to the shore. While I was admiring the scene, a caterpill...

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For the first nature walk I walked around the res with some friends. We walked at about 4:30pm until about 5:30 pm. At first it felt a little chilly outside, but at the end of walk, the temperature felt very nice (it was about 60 ℉). With this assignment, I was paying attention to more of the wildlife and species around me, so I through it was interesting how many species there are. I was also noticed, that there was a lot of the same type of species and plants along the perimeter of the...

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