SF McLaren Park Bioblitz

Nerds for Nature is thrilled to co-host a BioBlitz day in McLaren Park, co-organized with Save McLaren Park, iNaturalist.org and Bay Nature Institute.

After a free picnic lunch and and instructions for the event, we will break up into teams and expert naturalists will lead us on three-hour tours to identify, photograph, and geo-tag McLaren's flora and fauna.

Learn more and sign up now at the McLaren BioBlitz Eventbrite Page!

There will be something for everyone, from people wanting a cool new citizen-science app to play with to serious birders and botanists looking for a new challenge to not-so-young nature lovers whose binoculars have collected too much dust.

Team Leaders Include:

• Naturalist Charlotte Hill of the Kids In Parks Program
• Native plant guru Jake Sigg
• Butterfly experts Liam O'Brien and Amber Hasselbring
• Moth specialist Professor Jerry Powell
• iNaturalist iPhone app author Ken-Ichi Ueda
• "Spider-man" Ryan Kaldari

The information from this and future events as well as ongoing individual efforts will be accessible fromon-line maps and other digital tools. View the McLaren Park iNaturalist page to see what's been observed, confirmed, and mapped already...

BioBlitz Schedule:

• Noon to 1:00 pm -- Free Picnic Lunch (bring a dish if you wish), Welcome, Introduction toiNaturalist app
• 1:00 - 4:00 pm -- ID Teams spread out to their assigned zone of the park and start logging what they can positively identify. Friendly competition ensues until we...
• 4:00 - 4:30 pm -- Meet back at the picnic area for group walks, impromptu car pools, driving directions, and other match-making so that we all make the short trip down the hill to the...
• 4:30 - 5:30 pm -- Wrap Up Presentation and Celebration -- Join us at the Vis Valley Library Community Room for a report and presentation of the day's accomplishments, and a brief discussion of potential future events.
• 7 pm -- After-dinner Bonus round! -- Mothing with Jerry Powell