We're doing a great job, SF Bay Area! Squarely in the lead for observations, species, and people. I personally think finding lots of different species is pretty rewarding, and it's how we can measure the "most biodiverse" city in the City Nature Challenge.

It's easy to see the species we have found, but what are we missing that we could potentially go find? Are you up for a treasure hunt? :) If so, I recommend the "compare" tool! These links are comparing species found in the SF Bay Area ever in April & May, versus the species we have found so far in the 2018 City Nature Challenge. You can see which "low hanging fruit" species are still out there to find!

Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Butterflies & Moths
Dragonflies & Damselflies
Ants, Bees, Wasps, & Sawflies
Flies
Beetles
Arachnids
Crustaceans
Mollusks

Basidiomycota
Ascomycota

Conifers
Ferns
Grasses
Asterales: Sunflowers and allies
Apiales: Carrots and allies
Boraginales: Borages and allies
Brassicales: Mustards and allies
Caryophyllales: Pinks, Cacti, and allies
Ericales: Heathers and allies
Fabales: Legumes and allies
Fagales: Oaks/birches/etc
Lamiales: Mints and allies
Malvales: Checkerblooms/mallows/rock-roses/etc
Ranunculales: Buttercups, Poppies, and allies
Rosales: Roses and allies
Sapindales: Maples, Mangos, Mahogany, Citrus, and allies
Saxifragales: Saxifrages and allies
Solanales: Nightshades, Bindweeds, Gooseweeds, and allies

If there are other taxa you're interested in that are not in this list, all you have to do is change the "taxon id" in both strings of the comparison. You can find the taxon id by doing a search for the taxon you're interested in on the "Observations" page and the taxon id will show up in the url! **Please note: you can only compare 500 species at once, so be sure to pick a taxonomic level that represents 500 species or less in the SF Bay Area. "Plants" won't work, but "Asteraceae" will.

Posted on April 29, 2018 01:38 AM by kestrel