There must be something in the water...

We enjoyed the Weekly Challenges so much, we decided to come up with a new one. Upload 3 observations of aquatic (marine or freshwater) plants or animals to the Backyard Species Discovery project and you could win a copy of 'Marine plants of Australia' by John M. Huisman (published December 2019). Several of our contributors regularly upload aquatic animals to iNaturalist, so we hope to get some great entries.

We will accept images taken in the past (so long as they haven't already been added to a national database) but you should upload your observations to the project during the challenge period. Following feedback that a week flies by too quickly, this challenge will be open for 2 weeks. If you're interested in this book, follow the instructions and email us your entry by Wednesday 2 September. For full details visit the Bush Blitz website.

If that's not enough to keep you busy, to celebrate National Science Week we launched the Bush Blitz Scavenger Hunt. Individuals, groups and schools from across Australia are encouraged to take part and there are great prizes for those who enter the competition. The scavenger hunt will run until Sunday 20 September. For full details, visit the Bush Blitz website.

Congratulations to @arizona23 who won the 'What's that sound?' challenge with an amazing sound recording of a Superb Lyrebird. It is really worth a listen!

The 10th and final Weekly Challenge, 'Left behind', closes at midnight AEST tonight Wednesday 19 August. You have to be in it to win it!

Posted on August 19, 2020 04:44 AM by bushblitz