Ottawa-Gatineau City Nature Challenge

💛 HAVE AN AMAZING SUMMER FRIENDS! 💛

HAPPY OBSERVING! ☀️🌱

💚🙌 2022 RESULTS! Way to go Ottawa and Gatineau!! 🙌💚

Thank you so much to everyone that participated in this years City Nature Challenge and to all the amazing partners that brought this event together! You are all amazing stewards of this land! Keep up the great work and happy observing this summer!

We will see you next year friends! ✌️🍃

🌳🍃🐿🙌🤩 The City Nature Challenge 2022 has officially begun!!! Take as many species observations as you can from now until May 2nd using the app! Contribute to citizen science, have fun outdoors and let’s show the world what we got! 🤩🙌🌳🍃🐿

Want to get an early start on identifying ahead of the City Nature Challenge?

Download the free iNaturalist app on Android or iOS or visit iNaturalist.ca to create your account today!

Can you guess this one!?! It’s one of the first signs of spring! 💜

The Crocus! Did you know!?

🌱 Crocuses are part of the Iris family (Iridaceae)!
🌸 There are about 100 species of perennials growing from corms which include the Crocus!
🍃 Crocuses are not native to Canada!
🌞 The only Crocus native to Canada is technically not a Crocus! The native Prairie Crocus belongs to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae)!

Try to spot a Crocus in your area and add your observation to

Get your practice in before the big show down April 29th-May2nd!!!

Welcome to the City Nature Challenge!

From April 29th to May 2nd, hundreds of cities across the world will take part in a friendly competition to see who can upload the most observations on iNaturalist.

If you are in the Ottawa/Gatineau area, join us on April 30th, from 10 AM-4PM, for the City Nature Challenge BioBlitz. More details to come soon!

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