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Almaden Quicksilver BioBlitz 4/30/23 by Ronald Horii
On 4/30/23, there was a BioBlitz in Almaden Quicksilver County Park, starting at the Mockingbird Hill Lane entrance. This was the description of the event, by Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful:
"Located in the western part of San Jose, the Park is a safe haven for many species of plants and animals. Join Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and BioBlitz.club in cataloging and documenting all of the living things that reside there. We will have experts in various fields to help guide participants through all the cool plants and wildlife.
Since we visit this park annually, come out again if you've already visited and see the difference each year in what you see.
The best part? All you need to participate is a smart phone with the iNaturalist app!
So bring your family and prepare for an in-depth tour of this great park.
*Community service hours available*
Hosted by Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful , Bioblitz.club, and Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
Supported by Santa Clara County Parks."
What's a BioBlitz? This explains it: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/bioblitz+guide. The participants become community scientists and record observations of living things on their smartphones, using the iNaturalist app. They can also use dedicated cameras with the iNaturalist website. The data collected is actually used by scientists and students to study which organisms are found in an area. This is an educational experience and provides useful data for science, so students can earn service credit for it. There have been several BioBlitzes here in Almaden Quicksilver over the years and during different times of the year, so comparisons can be made between those times. This was last spring Almaden Quicksilver BioBlitz on 3/19/22: https://tinyurl.com/57fhhkau. Below are pictures from today's BioBlitz.
Here is the iNaturalist project page for this event: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/almaden-quicksilver-spring-2023-cnc-bioblitz. BioBlitzhes use iNaturalist app or website: https://www.inaturalist.org/. This BioBlitz was sponsored by Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful: https://www.keepcoyotecreekbeautiful.org/, https://www.facebook.com/CoyoteCreekSJ/. BioBlitz.club website: https://www.bioblitz.club/. BioBlitz.club Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bioblitz.club/. My BioBlitz pictures: http://www.rhorii.com/#Bioblitz. Almaden Quicksilver County Park information and maps: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlmadenPark.aspx. More pictures of Almaden Quicksilver County Park: http://www.newalmaden.org/#Pictures. Bay Area Ridge Trail segment in Almaden Quicksilver: https://ridgetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2020_SantaClara_AlmadenQuicksilver.pdf.
On 4/30/23, there was a BioBlitz in Almaden Quicksilver County Park, starting at the Mockingbird Hill Lane entrance. This was the description of the event, by Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful:
"Located in the western part of San Jose, the Park is a safe haven for many species of plants and animals. Join Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and BioBlitz.club in cataloging and documenting all of the living things that reside there. We will have experts in various fields to help guide participants through all the cool plants and wildlife.
Since we visit this park annually, come out again if you've already visited and see the difference each year in what you see.
The best part? All you need to participate is a smart phone with the iNaturalist app!
So bring your family and prepare for an in-depth tour of this great park.
*Community service hours available*
Hosted by Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful , Bioblitz.club, and Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
Supported by Santa Clara County Parks."
What's a BioBlitz? This explains it: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/bioblitz+guide. The participants become community scientists and record observations of living things on their smartphones, using the iNaturalist app. They can also use dedicated cameras with the iNaturalist website. The data collected is actually used by scientists and students to study which organisms are found in an area. This is an educational experience and provides useful data for science, so students can earn service credit for it. There have been several BioBlitzes here in Almaden Quicksilver over the years and during different times of the year, so comparisons can be made between those times. This was last spring Almaden Quicksilver BioBlitz on 3/19/22: https://tinyurl.com/57fhhkau. Below are pictures from today's BioBlitz.
Here is the iNaturalist project page for this event: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/almaden-quicksilver-spring-2023-cnc-bioblitz. BioBlitzhes use iNaturalist app or website: https://www.inaturalist.org/. This BioBlitz was sponsored by Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful: https://www.keepcoyotecreekbeautiful.org/, https://www.facebook.com/CoyoteCreekSJ/. BioBlitz.club website: https://www.bioblitz.club/. BioBlitz.club Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bioblitz.club/. My BioBlitz pictures: http://www.rhorii.com/#Bioblitz. Almaden Quicksilver County Park information and maps: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlmadenPark.aspx. More pictures of Almaden Quicksilver County Park: http://www.newalmaden.org/#Pictures. Bay Area Ridge Trail segment in Almaden Quicksilver: https://ridgetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2020_SantaClara_AlmadenQuicksilver.pdf.
