Almost to 2000 Observations

I have had a record year this year. I am just 197 away from reaching my goal of 2000. I have been running around trying to get that number for a while now. I have had a lot of base lifts to get so close. The iNaturalist City Nature Challenge was the biggest week for single day observations. I wound up with 266 observations and then there was the Video Game treks over the summer. I was able to go down to the Woodlands Texas and find so many neat things at Jesse H. Jones, Bear Branch Rec Center, Jones State Forest, East Travis County Metro Park. I have been getting around this year for sure. I have been really busy between school and stuff to get more observations. This citizen science stuff is great. I do believe that I have grown quite attached to this app. It helps me learn about the species around me; some I would have never even dreamed of finding in my own backyard and surrounding areas. I started out back in 2015 during the time I became a Southwest Nature Preserve volunteer but didn't start to really use it until 2016 when I became a Texas Master Naturalist. Yes sir this year has been big and full of wonderful observations and stuff. Even if I don't top out the year at 2000; it is just the thrill of the chase and the time I spend out in nature that really count. Sure I like to see the meter run at times but numbers are not as important as the time you had exploring and looking at stuff. I have ran into countless species this year that are very rare to some areas and not very common. It has been a cool thing to discover newly documented species to several areas that have been hard to find. I have not yet found something new to science but I am hoping to one day. I just need to keep my eye on the ball and keep vigilant. It may be hard to complete my goal this year because the days are getting colder and the I for one am not finding that many insects than I'd like to. I have had a small surge in birding but still some birds don't like to be observed that much. I have had a lot of hard times filming the sparrows. Every time it seems I get close to a sparrow they are always flying off before I even hit the shutter. I am not giving up the chase because every observation counts as some research material. I love helping get observations for this site; I enjoy going out to bioblitzes and spending time with friends who love this site as much as I do. Sure I had to break a few dates like Crystal Canyon with @kimberlietx but next year we will meet up and have ourselves a little bug hunt. I never thought that citizen science would be so much fun when I started out on another site that I am not going to mention. It is a fact that every app I download other than iNaturalist gets used like a couple of times and then I don't use it; but I always use inaturalist to share my findings with friends and others. It is the one tool I could upsell over and over again. I am always on this site and from it I never stop learning about the species I find. I am hoping though before the new year that I can get up to the 1,900s if I am not at the exact goal. I wouldn't really mind that because it would get me closer to the goal and I can get the 2000 goal early on. Well I am all done with this journal post I will see you on the trail. This is your good buddy Zachary Chapman signing off.

Julkaistu marraskuu 29, 2017 03:55 AP. käyttäjältä galactic_bug_man