Washington County Explorers's Journal

Journal archives for June 2020

June 2, 2020

May review

Well its June. May went by as a mix of sunny and wet days, which were great for all sorts of species. I want to give a special shoutout to @insectology and @susankirkbride for going out and bringing back great photos of numerous genera across the tree of life. On to the stats

Overall stats
Observations: 23,034
Species: 2,360

New observations: 2,262
Observations per day : 72.96

New species: 174
New species per day: 5.61
New species per observation: 1/13

New species:
Plants: 81
Birds: 17
Mammals: 2
Amphibians: 1
Reptiles: 0
Insects: 49
Fungi: 17
Arachnids: 4
Fishes: 1
Other: 2
Mollusks: 1
Chromista: 0
Protozoans: 0

Posted on June 2, 2020 04:54 PM by chrisleearm chrisleearm | 4 comments | Leave a comment

June 24, 2020

Red crossbill

@susankirkbride found and photographed 2 Red Crossbills today on Round Top Road out in Gales Creek. This was one of the missing birds for the county.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50719524

Happy exploring everyone.

Posted on June 24, 2020 01:35 AM by chrisleearm chrisleearm | 3 comments | Leave a comment