Jones Park hosted the first public Bio-Blitz on Saturday, October 2, 2010. The event began at 7:30 a.m. on a cool autumn morning and continued until midnight.
While wildlife surveys are conducted all year at Jones Park, the Bio-Blitz offers the public an opportunity to participate in “real citizen science” biology surveys. Participating team members actively engage in recording and surveying amphibians and reptiles, birds, and invertebrates (with an emphasis on pollinators).
The 2010 Bio-Blitz teams’ findings are added to, and corrolated with, Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center’s ongoing lists of known animal species that inhabit the park. The data is then shared with researchers at Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology, the North American Field Herping Association’s Herpetological Educational and Research Project (HERP), and the University of Georgia’s Discover Life project.
To view details and photos of the findings, please click on the links below.
