{"id":12630,"date":"2019-05-01T09:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12630"},"modified":"2019-05-01T09:08:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:08:32","slug":"city-nature-challenge-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/city-nature-challenge-accepted\/","title":{"rendered":"City Nature Challenge — Accepted!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our TerraCorps member Nick Tepper took over the Mass Audubon iNaturalist account from April 26 to April 29 to participate in Boston\u2019s City Nature Challenge<\/a>: a fun-filled citizen science competition to document biodiversity around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nick submitted over 400 observations and documented over 220 species. Here are some of his favorite photos from the challenge: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piping Plover doing some yoga<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Blue Grosbeak hawking insects out of the air<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Post-breeding female Blue-spotted Salamander<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Hundreds of Wood Frog eggs hatching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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And a Gray Catbird singing away!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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iNaturalist & Mass Audubon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Check out what people are seeing at Mass Audubon’s wildlife sanctuaries and share your own sightings through the iNaturalist Mass Audubon Project<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our TerraCorps member Nick Tepper took over the Mass Audubon iNaturalist account from April 26 to April 29 to participate in Boston\u2019s City Nature Challenge: a fun-filled citizen science competition to document biodiversity around the world. Nick submitted over 400 observations and documented over 220 species. 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