Diario del proyecto City Nature Challenge 2020: Houston-Galveston

Hi City Nature Challengers!
Curious about what's going on in your area? Texas Parks & Wildlife is tracking local events including trainings, bioblitz events, and ID parties. You can see those directly here or link to them via our TPWD City Nature Challenge main page (www.tpwd.texas.gov/naturechallenge) under “Find local partners and events on the City Nature Challenge Texas Events list”

Do you love eBird or know an avid eBirder? Make their citizen science efforts count TWICE by uploading eBird checklists into iNaturalist during the 2020 City Nature Challenge period (April 24-27, 2020). Without photos or audio recordings, uploaded eBird checklists won’t be verifiable or become research grade, but they will still count towards our city’s overall City Nature Challenge total.

1. Log into eBird and head over to your eBird Checklists
2. Select the “View or Edit” option for the appropriate checklist
3. Click “Checklist Tools” at the upper, right-hand corner of the page and select “Download” from the dropdown box
4. Open the CSV files to your computer using Excel or a similar program
5. Edit that CSV file to match the format specified by iNaturalist at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/import#csv_import (this needs to be followed exactly or the upload will not work)

6. Once your file is appropriately formatted, upload it into iNaturalist by selecting the blue “upload” button on the same page
   If you have questions, please email Anna Vallery, Houston Audubon representative for the Houston-Galveston coastal team, at avallery@houstonaudubon.org

RIVER TEAM
If you can safety (observing Social Distancing) make observations on local rivers, we'd love to have you on our new Rivers Team. Those interested should contact Bruce Bodson of the Lower Brazos River Watch at bruce.bodson@lowerbrazosriverwatch.org. For general questions about the Houston-Galveston City Nature Challenge Team please contact Jaime González at jaime.gonzalez@tnc.org.

COAST TEAM
Our coast are teeming with life! Our Coastal Team will help you safely (practicing social distancing) observe and record coastal species. What to know more? Contact Anna Vallery at avallery@houstonaudubon.org.

Team Leaders
-Elizabeth Winston-Jones, Texas Lonestar Coastal Alliance, Elizabeth Winston Jones, e.winstonjones@gmail.com
-Sasha Francis, Galveston Bay Foundation, sfrancis@galvbay.org
-Anna Vallery, Houston Audubon, avallery@houstonaudubon.org