BIOBLITZ results

We had a great day on Oct. 31 for our first ever bioblitz in Waterfront South.

What's a bioblitz you may ask?

Scientists from the Academy of Natural Sciences including the zoo, and the Camden Aquarium Academy came with Camden residents to walk around the neighborhood to discover all of the plant and animal species of the neighborhood in various ecosystems including the gardens, meadows, and ripirian areas for a few hours. It was the day after the first frost of the year. We'd like to continue to delve into hosting bioblitzes throughout the seasons!

Here's what we found.

10/30/2011	Camden BioBlitz	Species Found
PLANTS	INVERTEBRATES	BIRDS	MAMMALS
moss	praying mantis	starling	cats
dandelion	worms	house sparrow	dogs
marigold	wolf spider	ring billed gull	raccoons
honeysuckle	mosquito	double crested cormorant	rabbits
butterfly bush	honey bee	herring gull	gray squirrel
eastern cedar	mites	mourning dove
pokeweed	earthworm	cardinal
wild black cherry tree	cabbage white butterfly	eastern phoebe
tree of heaven	Red Centipede	white throated sparrow
crab apple tree	pillbug	northern mockingbird
bug wort	black ants	eastern goldfinch
fleabane	millipede	flicker
horse nettle	springtails
clematis vine`	field cricket
bittersweet	yellow jacket
black pine tree	garden snails
milkweed	harlequin bugs
Russian olive	stink bug
lamb's quarters	no spot lady bug
juniper	grubs
Winged Sumac	American grasshopper
Morning Glory	bumblebee
White Clover	house fly
Black Willow
Wild Geraniums
Pennyroyal
staghorn sumac
Virginia creeper
poor man's catch
molian
ladies' thumb smartweed
Japanese knotweed
wild rye
hackberry
purple coneflower
lobelia
red bud tree
vetch
cockle burr
chicory
blanket flower
red clover
crab grass
white snake root
million flower aster
foxtail grass
weeping love grass
honey locust
white pine
white mulberry
narrow leaf plantain