Notes from a visit to Kosierskraal Game Farm (Caledon District, Western Cape, South Africa) in 2001

On 14 August 2001, I visited Kosierskraal Game Farm, southwest of Bredasdorp (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bredasdorp) in Western Cape province, South Africa.

The location is on the Agulhas Plain, tending towards the lower slopes of Soetmuisberg (https://mapcarta.com/19068450 and

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Publicado el 30 de mayo de 2023 por milewski milewski | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Lernjournal Übung 6

Wie viele Arten wurden beobachtet?

  • 71 verschiedene Arten.

Wie viele Familien?

  • Ich konnte 71 Familien finden.

Wie viele Arten sind kultiviert und welche kommen spontan vor?

  • Diese frage ist schwer zu beantworten. Leider weiss ich keine genaue Antwort da es gut möglich ist, dass einzelne Pflanzen speziell gezüchtet wurden aber diese von den Wilden Arten zu unterscheiden war mir nicht möglich.

Wieso kommen die s...

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Publicado el 30 de mayo de 2023 por kraehlil kraehlil | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Checklist and distribution records of all known Theraphosidae species reported in the Philippines

In the Philippines, only eleven species have been identified, and there are still plenty of taxonomically-unclassified tarantulas waiting to be described.

Here is the list of all the species from the Philippines, with their common names and distribution:

1.) Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895

1.1.

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Publicado el 30 de mayo de 2023 por yowarduuu yowarduuu | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

Endemic Fishes of Thamirabarani River

Seven species, Garra joshuai, Garra kalakadensis, Haludaria kannikattiensis, Hypselobarbus tamiraparaniei Mesonemachilus tambraparniensis, Neolissochilus tamiraparaniensis, and Dawkinsia tambraparniei are strictly endemic to this protected area in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve

Bhavania annandelei is endemic to Agasthiyarmalai

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Publicado el 30 de mayo de 2023 por aravindmanoj aravindmanoj | 6 observaciones | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Larks (Alaudidae) as indicative of ecological differences between nutrient-poor heathlands in Australia vs South Africa

In previous Posts, I have pointed out that fynbos (South Africa), although ostensibly the ecological counterpart of kwongan (Australia), is considerably more fertile.

One of the problems with intercontinental comparisons of this kind is that the biotas are so different that it is hard to disentangle phylogenetic constraints from ecological adaptations.

For example, the marsupial Notamacropus irma (

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Publicado el 30 de mayo de 2023 por milewski milewski | 4 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Trade Winds Trail, El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico, May 29, 2023

Mixed Palm and Elfin Cloud Forest

no mosquitoes

well-maintained trail, great views, plenty of palms

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Publicado el 30 de mayo de 2023 por j-stauffer j-stauffer | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Healthy Country for Glossies information sessions

9:00-10:30am Wednesday 31 May: Batemans Bay SEARMS
5:00-7:00pm Thursday 1 June: Ulladulla Dunn Lewis Centre
RSVP: rodney.broad@environment.nsw.gov.au
Aboriginal community contributors are finalising their draft Healthy Country Plan to secure and enhance custodianship of Glossy Black-cockatoos into the future. Join them for an info session to hear their findings and learn more.

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por barv barv | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Raising Slug Caterpillar- Genus Parasa Day 30

Gloria hasn't come out yet, but today marks one month since I discovered these caterpillars, so I'm making a post to celebrate, sorta, and also update  that everything still appears to be in order.

※ Day 30

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por nnunes nnunes | 1 observación | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Welcome!

Welcome to the Bryophyte Flora of Simcoe-Muskoka Project. I started working on this project 1 year ago and have started to compile a list of over 115 species of mosses and liverworts found in this region. The size of the region makes it challenging to visit every habitat, but many pairs of eyes looking for friendly neighbourhood bryophytes can speed up the completion of this project significantly. Below is a list of resources (most of which are free!) to help you get started or to contin...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por astorey_botany astorey_botany | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Species Of The Week Number 36: Azure Damselfly

Damselflies are smaller, slimmer versions of Dragonflies. You can tell them apart as at rest Damselfies' wings are closed up alongside their body whereas a Dragonfly sticks its wings out like an aeroplane.

Azure Damselflies are quite common near ponds and watercourses where their presence is quite a good sign of water quality.. There are actually 7 species of small blue damselflies in the UK and telling them apart is a bit tricky. The Azure Damselfly has a U shaped black ban...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por clunym clunym | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Walburg BBS 2023-05-28

On Sunday, May 28, 2023 I ran my USGS Breeding Bird Survey route starting in Walburg, TX and running east along 25 miles of back roads with 50 survey points northeast of Austin and going south of Granger Lake. Here's an overview of the route, which was first run in 1980:

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por mikaelb mikaelb | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

104 тысячи наблюдений!

На сегодня: 104 054 НАБЛЮДЕНИЙ, 2 087 ВИДОВ, 1 215 ЭКСПЕРТОВ, 1 079 НАБЛЮДАТЕЛЕЙ.

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por lenatara lenatara | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Frank Lake Conservation Area

Frank Lake is an Important Bird Area (IBA) south of Calgary.
Alberta Wilderness Association's outdoor education program - Adventures for Wilderness (A4W) led a public hike on Saturday, May 27. Board Director, Chris Saunders, coordinated the event and helped teach basic birding skills.
The confirmed sightings are listed below:

  1. Tree Swallow
  2. Red-winged blackbird
  3. Yellow-headed blackbird
  4. Killdeer
  5. Canada Goose
  6. Short-billed ...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por dadonnelly dadonnelly | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Nähere Erläuterungen und Anleitungen zum Projekt

Liebe/r User/in,

Sie wurden eingeladen, Mitglied in dem Projekt ‚Fokus-Arten für den Naturschutz in Österreich‘ zu werden, weil Sie

  • in den vergangenen 2 Jahren in Österreich mindestens 40 Beobachtungen gemeldet,
  • im letzten Monat (Mai 2023) mindestens 5 Beobachtungen getätigt,
  • oder eine besonders geschützte Art beobachte...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por carnifex carnifex | 5 comentarios | Deja un comentario

North Segment - May 19, 2023

I surveyed the north segment from 9:15 to 11 am. The weather was nice, in the lower 60s with light winds.

I found zero newts.

There were 33 cars, 13 trucks, 1 pedestrian, and 5 bicyclists.

Other roadkill was limited to darkling beetles.

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por molly2 molly2 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

5 weitere Arten in allen Quadranten / 1 neu

alle Quadranten:
Carex brizoides - Zittergras-Segge / Seegras-Segge
Cerastium holosteoides - Gewöhnliches Hornkraut
Holcus lanatus - Wolliges Honiggras / Samt-Honiggras
Cynosurus cristatus - Wiesen-Kammgras
Cardamine impatiens - Spring-Schaumkraut

neu
Armoracia rusticana - Meerrettich / Kren

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por mondseeirrsee mondseeirrsee | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Distribution Map and Information of Colonus Species (Jumping Spiders)

These are just some links that I'm placing here for ease of access. If you find them useful, then that is great! I do hope to expand on C. puerperus and C. sylvanus at a later time.

Hill, D.E. 2018. Colonus in the southeastern United States: Notes on the jumping spiders Colonus puerperus (Hentz 1846) and Colonus sylvanus (Hentz 1846) in the southeastern United States. Peckhamia 99.2, 4 February 2018, 1―63.

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por feistyone feistyone | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Greetings from your 2023 Scientists in the Park (SIP) intern!

Happy Memorial Day, iNaturalists, and welcome back to the New England Trail Nature Watch project!

I am Luis Berrizbeitia, your 2023 New England Trail SIP intern coming to you in partnership with the National Park Service (NPS) and Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC). I am a natural resources conservation major at UMass Amherst, with a passion for understanding ecological processes through space and time. I am an avid canoeist, hiker, and greenwood worker, and cannot wait to get this...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por luisberrizbeitia luisberrizbeitia | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

Road trip from Miami, FL to Baltimore, MD

Drove to up to Baltimore across two days with my wife and her brother. I'm planning on typing up some notes about our stops here but I do tend to start journal posts and then never get around to actually writing them out. We'll see!

Here are my observations so far from this trip:

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por joemdo joemdo | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Welcome, Matt!

We welcome Matt McGreary to the B-Team! Matt is a student at Colgate University who will be helping us out in getting the B-Team up and running this spring.

I've been out and about the last few mornings, chasing birds, and noticing that other than autumn olive and Asian honeysuckles, there really isn't an awful lot blooming right now. It's a regular food desert out there for our native bees. This should be of concern to everyone!

Add to this that the deer have wreaked ...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por batgirl batgirl | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Cartina Progetto su Maps

Per venire incontro alle richieste di alcuni partecipanti abbiamo realizzato una cartina su Maps per meglio visualizzare i confini della Città Metropolitana di Milano e dei comuni di appartenenza.
Inoltre sono stati evidenziati i comuni che nel 2022 hanno avuto almeno una osservazione di farfalle o libelle, così da permettere ai più volenterosi di esplorare i luoghi non ancora indagati.

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por faunaviva faunaviva | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

White Lace Cactus of Texas

To my surprise cactus expert Wolfgangb identified an Echinocereus reichenbachii cactus I observed at Lubbock Lake Landmark on May 27 as a subspecies I had not known about, White Lace Cactus of Texas, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164055979.

The variety seems to be characterized by a longer and denser thicket of white spines on the crown of the plant. Be on the lookout for these...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por thebark thebark | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

Checklists

https://www.inaturalist.org/check_lists/7324-South-Africa-Check-List

CREW Targets of South Africa endemic plants with no wild observations on iNat:

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por suvarna suvarna | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Nailing Down a Plan

With 54 days left to the start of this project, today is Memorial Day and I have another day to make refinements to my strategy. I believe I have the framework for my own exploration planned out pretty well. Flying in, the car rental, lodging, food, gear, sleep, locations, I feel like the preparation and schedule I have done thus far should lead to success. Success will be surpassing 100 animal species and getting near the goal of 150. Other participates? Sure, the more the merrier,...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por arthur-windsor arthur-windsor | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Plants that are possibly extinct in the Eastern Cape, and those that have yet to be resurrected from extinction.

When exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitats at appropriate times throughout a species' historic range fail to record an individual, the species is presumed to be extinct. To be declared extinct, a species must have no reasonable doubt that its last individual has died. The species that are presumed to be extinct and those that are listed as extinct are listed below. As stated in each species' rationale below, recommendations were made for each species to be thoroughly searc...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por vats vats | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

За счёт чего американцы лидируют по количеств наблюдений?

За счёт тысяч вот таких "наблюдений", особенно во время City Nature Challenge

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?page=6&taxon_id=55745&user_id=dallonw

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por igor_kuzmin igor_kuzmin | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

Ipomoea ID support from global expert, Alexis, based in Mexico

To be able to identify the Ipomoea members, there is a "trick", the important character is the sepals , the sepals are like fingerprints, and they are never repeated in any species of the genus in question.

On the other hand, many people believe that by observing the leaves or the color of the corollas, the species can be identified, but it is a mistake, there is no doubt that they help, but little, sometimes they complement, but being very vari...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por suvarna suvarna | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Latest Bat emergence / overnight survey - 28/05/23

Date: 28/05/23
Sunset at Hartland: 21:18
Sunrise at Hartland: 05:11
Emergence survey period: 20:48 - 00:18 (passes)
Weather: Clear skies, light winds, 8 degrees C feels like temperature.

Brown Long-eared Bat 4 passes; emerged at 22:57:31 & returned at 01:01:17
Common Pipistrelle 4 passes; emerged at 22:09:47 & returned at 04:36:34
Greater Horseshoe Bat 1 bat recorded at 01:23:41
Noctule Bat 9 passes; ...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por balders balders | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Observations Val de Saône mai 2023

J'ai trouvé une dizaine de Ophys apifera dans une pelouse chez moi !

Nouvelles de la Flore de Reyrieux fin avril 2023 = http://semantic-forms.cc:1952/ldp/1682016031117-21544769835284085

Prochaines sorties

dimanche 28 mai après-midi 14:30 : Reyrieux RDV chez moi
lundi 29 mai après-midi 14:30 (Pentecôte) : Saint-Didier de Formans : RDV parking pépinière A...

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Publicado el 29 de mayo de 2023 por jmvanel jmvanel | 7 observaciones | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario
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