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Today the City Nature Challenge starts! The Philly project on iNaturalist is here:

:inaturalist: inaturalist.org/projects/city-

One really useful tool is this website that checks what species haven't been observed yet during the challenge, sorted by how commonly they are observed:

targets.cncphilly.org/

So finding one of these species is an easy way to start helping. Let's show the world how much nature there is in Philly!

iNaturalistCity Nature Challenge 2025: Greater Philadelphia AreaPhiladelphia is competing in the City Nature Challenge again and we need your help to win! Cities around the world will be competing against each other to see who can rack up the most observations, see the most species and get the most people out recording nature. Despite being a fairly densely populated area, Philadelphia and its surrounding counties have an impressive diversity of wildlife. This annual event is organized by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and California Academy of Sciences. Here's how to participate: 1. Go out - You can go to one of our scheduled bioblitz event or go exploring on your own. You can even hang out in your own backyard. 2. Find any wild thing - Plant, mammal, bird, insect, fungi, fish, or even evidence of living organisms like tracks, scat. A tree gnawed by a beaver can even count as 2 observations! One for the tree and another for the beaver (even if you didn't actually see the beaver). 3. Make a recording of it - Pictures are preferred,...