BIMBY - The Great BC Butterfly Search for 2022 has begun
BIMBY Seekers came together on April 9, 2022 for a 90 plus minute training. We learned from Dr. Tara Moreau from UBC Botanical Garden, Dr. Michelle Tseng from UBC Science Faculty, Stephen Deedes-Vincke, Alex Wong and Michelle Chan on why we are doing this? On how to input data and photos to iNaturalist BIMBY Project? On what to do with walking transects in BC and on how to engage school-aged students to join the June BIMBY School BioBlitz?
It was a wonderful experience for the Committee to meet our new Citizen Scientists. It is equally exciting to know our new volunteers have agreed with a new title for us - BIMBY Seekers. True to our new title, BIMBY Seekers will start looking for and documenting butterflies across the province.
This is an exciting and special year for BIMBY Project because not only are we going province-wide, we are also a stand alone project un the David Suzuki Foundation's Rewilding Communities stream.
Guess what, we are 306 strong this year and I am sure the number of BIMBY Seekers will grow as we spread our wings, heading out looking for BC Butterflies.
We hope to learn about the state of BC Butterflies. Diversity and abundance are crucial. Interconnectedness of BC Butterfly and native plant species are also our focus. There is so much to learn and explore. With the weather settling down for the Spring and summer seasons, BIMBY Seekers will be BUSY!! And along the way, you will be supporting each other's work, one BC butterfly at a time!!
Good luck seekers.
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