We just wrapped up another brilliant BioBlitz!
So what was blitzed? Click here to see the latest updates!
- Most observed critters?
- birds
- What birds?
- mallard ducks, American robins, Canada geese
- What insects?
- eastern tiger swallowtail butterflies, six-spotted tiger beetles, seven-spotted ladybirds
- What amphibians?
- American toads, eastern red-backed salamanders, green frogs
- What reptiles?
- common five-lined skinks, northern water snakes, eastern rat snakes
- What mammals?
- Homo sapiens, white-tailed deer, eastern grey squirrels
- What else?
- leopard slugs, Asian clams, pumpkinseed sunfish
- Any endangered species?
- Yes! There were three reported spottings of the endangered American eel, and two reported sightings of the endangered tricolored bat.
- Most observed plants?
- trees
- What trees?
- elms, tulip trees, box elders
- What flowers?
- garlic mustard, multiflora roses, common pawpaw
- What other plants?
- poison ivy, Virginia creeper, English ivy
- Any fungi, algae, or other weird unclassifyables?
- Lichen—a beautiful combination of both, turkey tail fungi, black knot fungi
The nation’s capital wasn’t the only place BioBlitzing! Some of our favorite tweets blitzed in from:
- Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico!
- North Cascades National Park, Washington!
- Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio!
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on the Columbia River!
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California!
- Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska!
Here are some of our favorite observations from the D.C. BioBlitz.

Photograph by Jen Shook, National Geographic


Photograph by Gabby Salazar, National Geographic

Photograph by Gabby Salazar, National Geographic

Photograph by Jeanethe Falvey, National Geographic

Photograph by Jen Shook, National Geographic

Photograph by Gabby Salazar, National Geographic

Photograph by Gabby Salazar, National Geographic

Photograph by Gabby Salazar, National Geographic

Photograph by Krista Schlyer, National Geographic
Thanks to all that contributed to the 4 locations across Nebraska for Bioblitz 2016! :You were the best!
“We Can See You! Can You See Us?”