Spring Bioblitz - 2 October 10am

Welcome to our first journal post for Life in the ERBG – we now have all of 7 members, but plan to grow that soon with October 2 Bioblitz! This is our official launch of the project, and the start of more great things to come.

Please invite all your friends, relatives, colleagues – it should be a fun day out and we want to get as many obs on the board as possible. Main action starts at 10am, but there is an early bird walk at 8am. Registration essential!

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Bees in the Garden

Our newest member Peter Abbott has taken some wonderful photos of bees and other insects in the Garden, he also provides the insect hotels installed in the Garden and also for sale in the shop. See below quote from Peter about his bee observations in the Garden:
“I had been studying the native bees in the Garden for a couple of years before the fires and have been eagerly awaiting their return – perhaps this summer season will be the beginning again.

In my covid days I have been writing a guidebook entitled Native bees of the ACT and NSW South Coast – A spotter’s guide – it is near to completion and should be available this spring. I will keep you posted.”

Unfortunately Peter will be in WA on Oct 2 Bioblitz Day, but one of his photos on the Bioblitz Poster.

See Peter Abbott's ERBG observations

Leaderboard

The prize definitely goes to canbrou for “Most Observed” and “Most Species” – maybe he should take out the “Most Observed Species” prize as well, as you frequently see him round the Garden with his impressive Nikon camera. See stats on the home page:
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/life-in-the-erbg

He seems to like birds, but he’ll take a photo of almost anything and his fungi are especially interesting. We still need to do more work on fungi ID at the Garden and also in the region more generally, but at least we’re making a start by capturing these images.

See canbrou’s observations in ERBG:
See canbrou’s observations in ERBG

Publicerat 19 augusti 2022 01.22 av teacay