We had a bioblitz today! A bioblitz is a biological survey of a
given natural space. The challenge is to distinguish as many species as possible
in a short amount of time. We held ours from 11:20 am to 1:45 pm. It is far
more important to know how to describe a species than to give it its official
taxonomic name. More advanced students assisted in the naming process. Here is
what we recorded together as a team.
Black swallowtail
Life seen and heard:
1. Raccoon tracks
2. 1
Woodchuck
3. 2
Gray squirrels
4. 1
Chipmunk
5.
Many Red-winged blackbirds
6. 2
Black cap chickadees
7.
Grackles
8. 2
Tree swallows
9.
Possible Chimney swift (Heard)
10.
2 Mallard ducks
11.1
Gull
12.1
Crow
13.
3 Green frogs (Adults)
14.
3 Blue-spotted salamanders
15.
2 Painted turtles
16.
1 Garter snake
17.
1 Damselfly larva
18.
Mosquito
19. 1
Four-spotted skimmer (First for 2012)
20. Several Red admirals
21.
1 Black swallowtail
22.
1 Angle-winged butterfly (Comma?)
23.
1 Cabbage white
24.
1 Sulphur butterfly
25.
Many Camel crickets
26. 1 Black cricket
27. 1 Tiger beetle
28. Bronze coloured beetles
29. 1 Small round ground beetle
30.
1 Earwig
31.
Water striders
32.
Whirligig Beetles
33.
Mining bees
34.
Bumble bee
35.
Ants (Orange variety)
36.
1 Dipluran
37.
Pill bug
38.
Sow bug
39.
1 Jumping spider
40.
1 Velvet mite
41.
Coiled land snail (Ventridens)
42. Millipedes (Long form)
43. Millipedes (Short form)
44. Black slugs
45. Beige slugs
46. Symphylan (Millipede-like arthropod)
47. Garden centipedes
48. Small Pink earthworms
49. Large
pink earthworms
50. 1 Green earthworm
51. Moss
52. Forget-me-not flowers
53. Strawberry flowers common
54.
Thistle- not in flower
55. Garlic mustard flowers
56.
Bethlehem sage
57.
Hosta- not in flower
58.
Violets common
59. Field pennycress
60.
Dandelions very common
61.
Sweet rocket (First for 2012)
62.
Periwinkle flowers
63.
Staghorn sumac
64.
Milkweed- not in flower
65.
Deadnettle
66.
Knotweed- not in flower
67.
Buttercup (First for 2012)
68.
Lilacs
69.
Burdock
70.
Celandine flowers
71.
Common Cattail
72. Clover
– not in flower
73.
Ground ivy
74.
Horsetails
75.
Ostrich fern
76.
Lily-of-the-Valley
77.
Stinging nettle
78.
Bethlehem sage
79. Hop clover in flower (First for 2012)
80.
Honeysuckle flowers
81.
Colt's foot in seed
82. False Solomon's Seal flowers beginning to
emerge
83. Grasses
84. Blackberry vines
85. Unknown flower
86. Catkins falling from the Quaking aspens
87. Manitoba maple
88. Norway maple
89. Apple tree
90. Native butternut tree
91. Locust trees
92. Spruce
93. Cedar
94. Small brown mushrooms
95.
Dryad saddle fungus
96.
Shelf fungus
97.
Inky cap fungus
98.
Yellow coloured lichen
99.
Shield lichen
100.
Iron bacteria
101.
Algae on the water surface
.JPG)
Red-winged blackbird male
Four- spotted skimmer
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