Great Southern Bioblitz 2021 - Canberra

Canberra, the bush capital, is positioned between mountains and sea, and her woodlands and wetlands are home to many special and fascinating species. Like this male Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum observed by @flinkbag ©flinkbag, Woden Valley, ACT, Australia.

Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum Male spotted alone. Chattering to himself by @flinkbag © flinkbag, Woden Valley, ACT, Australia

2021 will be Canberra's second year participating in the Great Southern Bioblitz! Let's reflect on some of the statistics from last Bioblitz:

In total there were roughly 680 observations made of 280 spp by 33 observers over the Bioblitz period. The top
three species observed were the crimson rosella (Platycercus elegans ©jb2602, @jb2602 ), yellow-faced honey eater (Caligavis chrysops ©Vicki, @redsnow ), and the magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen).

In fact, 9 out of the top 10 observed species were birds!

The top non-avian species observed were the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus, top left ©deborod, @deborod), Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii ssp. howittii
, top right ©SamColgan, @sam_colgan), European honeybee (lower left © allybyrd, @allybyrd) and Early Nancy (below right, @steve818).

This year the Bioblitz will be held approximately a month later in the year (October 22-25) when it will be a bit warmer, and we should expect to see some more species emerging from their winter hiatus. In late October we might expect to see pink-eared ducks, royal spoonbills, more species of reptiles and many more insects, including the bogong moth which is at its peak around late October. Hopefully we will be able to spot several more species of orchids as well that time of year.

Let's see if we can smash our personal bests in the 2020 Bioblitz! Do you think we can reach 1000 observations and 500 species? Maybe we can break up the ave-club and get some non-birds into the top ten! How about getting 50 observers this year? Invite your friends to sign up and let's find out what's springing to life during the Great Southern Bioblitz in Canberra.

For more information or if you have questions, please see the project Facebook page here: Great Southern BioBlitz - Canberra and ACT
written by @claudiarose
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Not in Canberra? Have a lookat the communities that have joined via the Great Southern Bioblitz 2021 Umbrella from across the global south!

To find out more information about this event, check out our website at Great Southern Bioblitz

Previous events:
Great Southern Bioblitz 2020 Umbrella
Check out this summary blog about the 2020 Great Southern Bioblitz 'Great Southern Bioblitz - Amazing First Year!' by Pete Crowcroft (AKA @possumpete )

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Posted on July 1, 2021 07:40 AM by saltmarshsteve