While in Belgium for the @GBIF GB29 meeting & side @BioDivLibrary meetings, I did some @iNaturalist viewing. While in Brussels, @botanicgarden01, & Tervuren (@africamuseumbe); I made 224 observations of 74 species (current as of this tweet). https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/observations-in-belgium

Harmonia axyridis (Asian Lady Beetle) was the most sighted, but there were also many birds, fungi, and my first observation of the Sciurus vulgaris (Eurasian Red Squirrel ) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138754122
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137683266

But, perhaps the most interesting for me was the Fulica atra (Eurasian Coot), of which I logged 14 observations. @BioDivLibrary has a lot of information about F. atra, including the 1st description in Linnaeus's Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) (1758) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727059

Perhaps the most interesting was the Fulica atra (Eurasian Coot), of which I logged 14 observations. @BioDivLibrary has a lot of information about F. atra, including the 1st description in Linnaeus's Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) (1758) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727059
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137387374

There are also many great illustrations, such as this one from The birds of Great Britain by John Gould (1873) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53024004

Posted on October 14, 2022 08:15 PM by udcmrk