Posted by Joseph Montes de Oca on May 01, 2018 at 20:01:45
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2018
April 27th to April 30th was the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge ( https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2018 ) and Miami was one of 60+ cities worldwide to participate. Even if you weren't aware it was going on, you can contribute if you have any photographs/audio recordings of birds that we are missing--listed below-- (or really photographs of any organisms- birds, plants, reptiles, fungi, fish etc) as long as they were taken between Friday and Monday. Here is the list of species that we are missing. Some of them are as common as European Starling, loggerhead shrike etc! american bittern american crow american white pelican barn swallow black-whiskered vireo blue-and-yellow macaw blue-headed vireo bobolink broad-winged hawk brown thrasher brown-headed cowbird carolina wren cave swallow chestnut-fronted macaw common grackle common nighthawk cooper's hawk downy woodpecker eastern kingbird european starling glossy ibis gray catbird gray-headed swamphen indigo bunting least bittern least tern loggerhead shrike mitred parakeet myna bird nanday parakeet ovenbird pileated woodpecker piping plover prairie warbler red-eyed vireo red-whiskered bulbul red-winged blackbird roseate spoonbill royal tern sanderling scaly-breasted munia scarlet tanager scissor-tailed flycatcher short-tailed hawk snail kite snowy egret swallow-tailed kite white-eyed parakeet white-tailed kite willet wood stork worm-eating warbler yellow-throated vireo yellow-throated warbler As it stands we only have 73 species (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=2345&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2018-miami&subview=grid&taxon_id=3&view=species) photographed while ebird has almost 185 species reported from Friday to Monday! There are many many others missing from the list such as Yellow-headed blackbird (WINK WINK LARRY MANFREDI) so feel free to add whatever you like. Miami is currently in 27th place behind Denver, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh with 777 species total (including all living organisms-- not only birds). A side note: images of cultivated/landscaped plants and pets are not really suited for the website, it's meant to showcase organisms that are naturally found in a given place (including invasive species that spread on their own). If you have any questions, you can e-mail me at jmont034@fiu.edu