Diario del proyecto City Nature Challenge 2018: Southwest Louisiana

The results are still rolling in. Any observations from the City Nature Challenge period can still be uploaded to iNaturalist. Please get your observations in before Friday (earlier is better). Now's the time to identify what we've seen. Anyone from anywhere can help identify observations.

Sometimes to get an observation on the right person's radar, it helps to add that observation to projects that it would fit into. For instance, upload your moth observations to the Moths of North America! project so that some of the experts there have a good shot of seeing them. Add your caterpillar observations to the Caterpillars of Eastern North America project. I'm sure there are many other projects worth adding your observations to.

Anyway, we did really well with over 2,200 observations and over 840 species, with probably more to come! The final results will be announced Friday, but you can stay up to date by watching the City Nature Challenge leaderboard.

We've got a ton of events planned for the City Nature Challenge! Mark your calendars and find the linked Facebook event pages below.

All events are free, kid-friendly, open to everyone, and sponsored by the Southwest Louisiana Master Naturalists. If you're from another area, visit Louisiana's Outback to experience the wildlife we have out here! If you live here, please post sightings from your own backyard!

Friday
9 AM Cajun Prairie Tour--Iowa to Kinder
2 PM Citizen Science Nature Walk--Tuten Park, Lake Charles

Saturday
8:30 AM Longleaf Pine Hike--Little Cypress Recreation Area, Vernon Parish
6 PM The Beetle Experience--Tuten Park, Lake Charles

Sunday
2 PM Fish of the Calcasieu--Holbrook Park, Sulphur

Monday
2 PM Citizen Science Nature Walk--Riverside Park Complex, Lake Charles
7:30 PM Moth Night--Tuten Park, Lake Charles