Baltimore City Nature Challenge

Greetings, Tomorrow starts a 4-day event all around the world! It is the "City Nature Challenge", where cities around the world compete over 4 days to record the most number of species using the iNaturalist app. Baltimore is in the challenge, and all observations from Baltimore City and Howard, Carroll, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Harford and Queen Anne's Counties are included in the species totals for Baltimore. You can participate on your own and make observations from your yard or favorite park. I organized this event for Howard County Rec & Parks in 2018 & 2019. It was cancelled last year because of Covid. Since I am retired now, I am not leading the event for Rec & Parks. However, the Park Rangers are sponsoring several opportunities to partipate in Howard County, check them out! If you don't know how to use iNaturalist, they will get you started. To find the scheduled opportunities, go to https://hocovolunteer.org/ and search for "City Nature Challenge". Dates, times and locations: Font Hill Park 9-10:30am: May 1st: Rockburn Branch Park 11am-1pm: May 1st; Middle Patuxent Environmental Area 2-3:30pm: May 1st; Schooley Mill Park 9-10:30am: May 2nd; High Ridge Park 11am-12pm: May 2nd; Savage Park 3-5pm: May 2nd; Maybe you will document an Eastern Chipmunk!

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  1. kensallApril 30, 2021 at 8:18 PM

    Very interesting, Sue. And the chipmunk posed so nicely for you!

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