Join others throughout the Metro Vancouver Regional District who are participating in the City Nature Challenge from April 26 to 29.
This challenge has become an annual event that happens simultaneously on the same dates around the world. It started with only two cities in 2016 but has grown to more than 480 global cities.
Help us record as many wild plants and animals as possible throughout the district on land, in the air and in our marine environments - birds, bugs, molluscs, trees, shrubs, fungi and more.
All you need to do is:
• Download iNaturalist to your iPhone or Android phone or your home computer
• Make an observation using photos or sound recordings from April 26 to 29.
Observations can be uploaded directly to iNaturalist through your phone or uploaded from your computer until May 5. Your observations will be verified by other citizen scientists and specialists from all around the world. All observations on those dates will become part of the project. Results will be announced on May 6.
You can join the project and follow the results here: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-metro-vancouver-regional-district-mvrd
New to iNaturalist? Follow this link for some great tips on how to get started and how to become a better identifier at: www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started.
You can make observations on your own or join the following free walks with the Delta Naturalists Society on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to noon at the following locations:
• Boundary Bay Regional Park (meet near the Centennial Beach washrooms)
• Deas Island Regional Park (meet on the lawn by the Rowing Club)
• Delta Nature Reserve (meet at the Planet Ice parking lot)
Walk-ins welcome, or register ahead of time by emailing: [email protected].
For info on monthly meetings and more, see www.deltanaturalists.org and www.facebook.com/DeltaNats/.
