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Longitudinally Yours - A Decade of Grassroots BioBlitzes in the Bay Area

Thu, Nov 10

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San Mateo

Join Jennifer Rycenga and Merav Vonshak for a Sequoia Audubon presentation - in person and on zoom

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Longitudinally Yours - A Decade of Grassroots BioBlitzes in the Bay Area
Longitudinally Yours - A Decade of Grassroots BioBlitzes in the Bay Area

Time & Location

Nov 10, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

San Mateo, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, CA 94403, USA

About the event

From the event page - 

Since the first BioBlitz to build on the iNaturalist platform was held at Ft. Funston in 2013, the community has grown. Sequoia Audubon joined early, with BioBlitzes every year since 2014. In 2017, the South Bay eagerly and persistently joined the fray with the formation of the BioBlitz Club, which hosts blitzes every month and sometimes two or three per month.

A BioBlitz is a kind of Flash Mob for Nature observation. People with any interest in nature - whether general or specific to one taxa like birds, bugs, or slime molds - gather at a specific place on a pre-announced day. Once assembled, they do a curiosity-and-interest-driven informal survey of whatever they can find in the park. At the conclusion of the appointed time, participants gather to help each other with identifications and to share unusual sightings.

The BioBlitz as a form of nature…

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