(DC) (MD) (VA) Join Capital Nature and organizations throughout the Washington DC area for the City Nature Challenge, a global citizen science observation in cities! Observe wild plants, animals, and fungi in your local park, neighborhood, or back yard, and document it with iNaturalist. Your observations will contribute to science and count for the Washington DC area during this friendly ...
(MD) (Maryland Native Plant Society) Deborah Barber will explain how to use iNaturalist to scope out an area’s biota. She'll provide tips for making identifiable photo and audio observations. She'll highlight other features such as protecting a location’s privacy, connecting with citizen and expert naturalists worldwide, and showing off the incredible diversity of the greater DC area during upcoming the ...
(VA) (Audubon Society of Northern VA) If you would like to discover native birds, other fauna and flora — in the company of dedicated citizen scientists — then consider joining this outing! Many know Northern Virginia for its economic dynamism, cultural development and ever-changing landscape. Less well known are the places sheltering remnants of an earlier, vital, natural history. If ...
(VA) (NOVA Parks) This is a virtual training on how to use the iNaturalist app and website for making and uploading wildlife observations with an emphasis on the City Nature Challenge. We will also cover what qualifies for a research-grade observation. Please feel free to chime in with any questions or comments as we want this to be an interactive ...
(DC) (Casey Trees) Join Casey Trees during City Nature Challenge for a nature walk around Oxon Run Park with Tree Ambassador Glenn Hall. We’ll start off with an easy-paced tree walk, where Glenn will give an overview of the history of Oxon Run Park and then point out some of the species of trees in the park, and finally go ...