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Please turn on your phones for this nature walk.
The City Nature Challenge was founded by @alisonkestrel and @lilamayhiggins and organized by the citizen science / community science teams from the California Academy of Sciences @CalAcademy and the Natural History Museum of L.A. County @NHMLA
Hashtags: #CityNatureChallenge #RetoNaturaListaUrbano
The challenge took place in two parts:
April 30 – May 3 Taking pictures of wild plants and animals
May 4 – May 9 Identifying what was found
Results
Together 52,000 people from around the world, made over 1.27 million observations of 45k+ species. More than 2,100 rare/endangered/threatened species were documented in the 419 cities and 44 countries that took part.
Key Links
citynaturechallenge.org
covid19
events
faq
@citnatchallenge
Cities
Reto Naturalista “Bogotá expandida” 2021
Questions
- For those keen on urban biodiversity, what are the recommended accounts to follow on Flickr, Twitter, and YouTube?
- Who is reporting / blogging / tweeting about the City Nature Challenge?
- What would city locals like visitors to know about nature in their cities?
- How is City Nature Challenge translated in other languages? Bonus points for Indigenous languages.
Apps: iNaturalist
- Visit iNaturalist.org
- Download the app from the AppStore or Google Play
- Sign In
- Start sharing your observations
- Get feedback from actual scientists, experts, and other naturalists
Elsewhere on the Web
St. Louis, Missouri
Pōneke/Wellington
Headlines
Cincy Parks 2021 City Nature Challenge
Texans invited to participate in City Nature Challenge
Embedded Tweets
Cape Town, South Africa
capetown.gov.za
Join the Cape Town City Nature Challenge 2021
Planeta