JURBIC: Jericho, Underhill, Richmond, Bolton Inverting Club. Quick, Get Your Camera Ready!

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JURBIC FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3633320906924767

Links below are short videos on how to upload observations to iNaturalist. Tutorial from North Branch Nature Center. 

• iNaturalist: uploading observations using desktops and laptops

• iNaturalist: uploading observations with mobile devices

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View the Vermont Center for Ecostudies screenshots on iNaturalist instructions (including how to open an account).

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View the Lunchtime Learning Videos . Go to page three. Page down to “An overview of iNaturalist use”. Click on that screen. The instructions for uploading a photo onto iNaturalist start at 9:15 of the recording. Reach out to Bernie if you still have questions regarding uploading photos onto iNaturalist.

Scorecard or Inventory Count: As of January 2024, iNaturalist shows Jericho as having 32,400 observations posted (4th place in VT cities and towns), 2,291 species, (ninth place of VT cities and towns), and, 852 observers (tenth place in Vt cities and towns). Click on the iNaturalist link to see the numbers for Underhill, Richmond, Bolton, or other cities and towns in Vermont.

First in Vermont: The folks at Vermont Atlas of Life remind us, “You can explore iNaturalist and find who and when the first record was reported for a species. Just use the place tool for Vermont, search for a species, and mouse over the image. It will display the first observer. Click on it, and you will get a popup with the first and last sighting and more information to explore. We already have some firsts for Vermont that were observed in Jericho. More await us in each of the four towns.

Read more from V.A.L. at, “Vermont Atlas of Life iNaturalist Project Celebrated 10th Anniversary in 2023 by Surpassing 1 Million Records”. 

Read, The collapse of insects:

The most diverse group of organisms on the planeisre in trouble, with recent research suggesting insect populations are declining at an unprecedented rate. By Julia Janicki, Gloria Dickie, Simon Scarr and Jitesh Chowdhury.

Inverting (insect watching) is observing, 

experiencing the multitude, diversity 

and the daily going ons of LIFE.

No bones about it, I am an ‘inverter’!

Bernie