iNaturalist DC gatherings in 2017—let's meet in January!

Fellow naturalist neighbors, I’d love for us to gather on a regular basis to learn more about iNaturalist and DC nature from each other. We could gather outdoors to explore generally, or focus on a more targeted group of organisms (like a mini BioBlitz). We could also gather indoors with our laptops to upload observations (if you’re behind like me), add identifications, or plan our next outdoor adventure based on taxa that haven't yet been recorded from the area on iNaturalist.

I will kick off this local effort off by hosting an indoor gathering at my house in Northeast DC on Saturday, January 7th from 1-4 pm. Kids welcome. I’ll send my address to attendees personally if you plan to come (I live in Brookland, near the Red Line. Should be plenty of on street parking.). Bring your laptop and some food or drink to share!

Who wants to plan something for February? Doesn’t have to be at your house—that just happens to be the easiest place for me to organize people.

Tagging some DC/MD/VA folks to get this rolling—please tag others! @muir @treegrow @briangratwicke @calopteryx @grizzlypieper @maryeford @jbrown @laura_sebastianelli @dossification @nloewen @ehurme @katzyna @csavy @jfrancis @danbeaupre @anneanderson @blairrowan @alonsoabugattas

Publicado el diciembre 13, 2016 12:10 MAÑANA por carrieseltzer carrieseltzer

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Fantastic - thanks, Carrie! Count me in.

Publicado por katzyna hace más de 7 años

I'll still be out of town on January 7th. For the February gathering, we could take a stab at identifying trees in winter. Rock Creek Park would be a good place for this. I'm not great at it, but I've been trying to learn. @jhammock @dctr @elliotgreiner

Publicado por treegrow hace más de 7 años

I'll be there in January! And @treegrow I love the idea of winter tree ID. Haven't practiced in a while but would be glad to!

Publicado por maryeford hace más de 7 años

I love the winter tree idea for February, @treegrow! Sorry to miss you but glad @katzyna and @maryeford are available!

Publicado por carrieseltzer hace más de 7 años

Great idea, Carrie! I'm free and will plan to come. Thanks!

Publicado por danbeaupre hace más de 7 años
Publicado por elliotgreiner hace más de 7 años

count me in, a total beginner that have not really a clue of how to start.

Publicado por jackcamino hace más de 7 años

That's great, @jackcamino! This will be a good place to learn.

Publicado por carrieseltzer hace más de 7 años

awesome!

Publicado por jackcamino hace más de 7 años

Sounds great Carrie! I think I can come...I'll say yes, tentatively, if that is ok. I'll know for sure in a couple of days.

Publicado por laura_sebastianelli hace más de 7 años

Alright! This is a good crowd growing. Tagging my newest converts @mattluizza and @stsang and hoping they can join the fun!

Publicado por carrieseltzer hace más de 7 años

Trapping me in a room with a laptop and plying me with food is probably the best way to get me to go through my old notes and uploading, so I will probably make it. It'll be interesting to see where I'm at in a few weeks--how much procrastinating will I do from real work and do this instead? :P

Publicado por stsang hace más de 7 años

Haha @stsang ! iNat is a very productive form of procrastination. Looking forward to seeing you again!

Publicado por maryeford hace más de 7 años

Looking forward to this Carrie. I would love for us to put together a calendar of informal gatherings in people's favorite nature spots. Striving for low-hassle, loosely-organized and fun. With food.

Tagging @judygva because it would be great to see you! And Judy is a great resource for Woodbridge area.

Publicado por muir hace más de 7 años

Thanks @muir for inviting me. I love the idea, but will be out of town on January 7. Please count me in for the February get-together.

Publicado por judygva hace más de 7 años

Hope you can all still come on Saturday! I'll send an email with my address shortly. I don't have email addresses for a couple of you, so please email (carrieseltzer@gmail) or message me on iNat.

Need your email address:
Jack
Laura (I know I had it, but it was on my NGS account)

I've got email addresses for:
Kate
Mary
Katja (I'll include you even though you can't come since you had the great suggestion for winter tree ID next month)
Dan
Susan
Matt

Also tagging @botanygirl @ecologyelise @hughmcguinness @krosenthal @elliotgreiner @treichard @smallthingsrule @vincent12 @dctr @timbir5 in case you can come on Saturday afternoon 1-4 pm. Kids welcome. My 3 yo and and muir's will be there.

Publicado por carrieseltzer hace alrededor de 7 años

Thanks for putting this together. Unfortunately I will be helping out with a bird count for Ward 6 that day. Keep me posted on any future gatherings!

Publicado por timbir5 hace alrededor de 7 años

Sounds like fun! Not sure yet if I will make this one but great idea! And I'd love to be able to ID more winter trees so February sounds good too :)

Publicado por ecologyelise hace alrededor de 7 años

Thanks for the invite! I'm not sure I can make the meetup this Saturday but I'm enthusiastic about the idea of regular or semi-regular DC area iNat gatherings (formal or informal).

Publicado por calopteryx hace alrededor de 7 años

If you haven't gotten an email from me, please let me know! Also, I should mention that we have a LOT of leftover cookies and beer from a NYE party, so other food/drink would diversify the options :-)

Publicado por carrieseltzer hace alrededor de 7 años

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