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Welcome to ThrasherQuest 2025!

Desert Thrasher populations are declining, and you can help us learn more about LeConte's & Bendire's Thrashers on their #Nevada stronghold on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.

Head into the field in Quest of Thrashers as part of our new #communityscience program, and/or join in the Friends of Avi Kwa Ame fundraiser. THANK YOU for your support!

gbbo.org/thrasherquest-2025

Great Basin Bird ObservatoryThrasherQuest — Great Basin Bird ObservatoryHelp support GBBO's Thrasher Research with our new community science project!
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Yesterday, I helped co-lead my first mushroom walk hosted by the Discovery Center in Philadelphia. It was cold and rainy, but we still had a decent turn out of 20-ish people? I haven't worked much with my co- before, but I'm thankful that it went well, and the host organizer was very easy to work with too. We walked along a path that I had had a chance to scope out a month earlier, which was really helpful as someone not as confident about leading trails. The practice run with her made me realize I might know more than I expected- at least enough for the purposes of the event. It was hard to find specimens in the cold, but not impossible, including wood ears and oysters. I think people who attended had a good time and got to come away with some good fungi fun facts like how it's safe to touch mushrooms or how to use iNaturalist. I'm really thankful for this opportunity.

Welcome to ThrasherQuest 2025!

Desert Thrasher populations are declining, and you can help us learn more about LeConte's & Bendire's Thrashers on their #Nevada stronghold on Avi Kwa Ame National Monument.

Head into the field in Quest of Thrashers as part of our new #communityscience program, and/or join in the Friends of Avi Kwa Ame fundraiser. THANK YOU for your support!

gbbo.org/thrasherquest-2025

Great Basin Bird ObservatoryThrasherQuest — Great Basin Bird ObservatoryHelp support GBBO's Thrasher Research with our new community science project!

I am in Bangkok, Thailand! I am attending this #DeltasUNite Summit #DeltaSummit25 for the preparation of the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of River Deltas (#UNCCRD), on behalf of the Transboundary Water InCooperation Network (TWIN). I gave a talk on:
“The potential of #CommunityScience and
#cooperatives in building resilience and food-water-energy security in delta communities”
I spoke about the #SolidarityEconomy !
#TransboundaryWater #BenningtonCollege

The recording for Wednesday's iNaturalist seminar on phenology records, and their value for research, is online!

Check it out to learn how scientists—including yours truly—use phenology data in biodiversity research, and for a demo of adding phenology data to iNat records

inaturalist.org/blog/105349-ph

iNaturalistPhenology in Focus: Exploring Plant Cycles with iNaturalistThank you to everyone who participated in today’s Phenology webinar! Here we can continue the conversation about phenology, phenological research using iNaturalist observations, and how to add annotations to observations. If you haven’t seen the webinar, you can watch the recording. And here's a copy of the slides for your reference or to reuse if you'd like to give a similar presentation to anyone else. These links below can help you explore more of the topics covered by the speakers and get started adding annotations. You can also learn about all the annotations for different groups of organisms. Erin’s presentation: Learn more about Phenobase Vijay’s presentation Methods for broad-scale plant phenology assessments using citizen scientists’ photographs Jeremy’s presentation Yucca Projects on iNaturalist Open Access paper in Ecology Letters Blog post explainer Carrie’s annotation demo (be sure you’re logged in): Help annotate flowers and fruits in the genus Prunus Help annotate m...

Register for this webinar next Wednesday to learn about annotating phenophase on #iNaturalist — buds, flowers, or fruits on a plant you're observing with the app — and how researchers use that data, with examples from Vijay Barve and me!

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

ZoomWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: iNaturalist Webinar Registration. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.Did you know that every plant observation on iNaturalist helps us understand the timing of seasonal cycles? Join us to learn more about plant phenology and easy ways to get involved! Phenology is the study of seasonal events in nature such as flowers, fruits, and leaf color change. Each photo of a plant contains critical information about the presence or absence of flowers, fruits, and leaves. We need you to help unlock those insights! Even when you aren’t out making observations, you can make a big difference by adding annotations. In this webinar, we’ll cover: - Why phenology is so important - Examples of phenology research using iNaturalist data - How you can help by adding flower and leaf annotations This webinar is part of a collaboration with Phenobase, a project supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation. We’ll also cover how iNaturalist data flows into Phenobase, and how Phenobase is using your annotations. This webinar is being recorded, please register if you'd like to receive the recording!

10 Dec at 10:30-12 CET, an online event by Interreg Europe "Citizen Science for Policy". Covering the concept of #CitizenScience, good practices, and how policymakers can use it to design and implement policies.

interregeurope.eu/policy-learn #CommunityScience #EuropeanUnion ECSA - European Citizen Science Association and Interreg Europe

www.interregeurope.euCitizen science for policyOn 10 December the Policy Learning Platform is organising a webinar on the topic of citizen science for policy.