Diario del proyecto California OakWatch

For the love of oaks: An identification party
Dates: Feb 16, 2023 | 5-6 PM (PT)
Details: Virtual ID Party

Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3CdezZW

Happy New Year and Welcome 2023!

First, I’d like to take this time to thank you all for a fantastic year with the launch of our project in the Summer. I am excited to continue our work to map (young) oaks throughout California with the year ahead! Love will be in the air this February on our new Quercus Quest. Don’t let your love for oaks end after Valentines Day! Help us reach our goal to get as many Quercus observations to Research Grade as possible! Anyone who is interested in an hour of socializing and collaborating on iNaturalist are invited to join.

Currently, the project has around 75,000 observations but only about 63% of those observations are at Research Grade. Additionally, there are approximately 15,000 observations identified only to genus level. Help us in resolving these identifications, so we can add more Research Grade observations to our project!

We will have a panel of experts to facilitate the conversation and we can work collaboratively to help identify any tricky observations. We encourage anyone to come join us! This online event is open to identifiers of all experience levels. It would also be great for those with observations that need to be identified to join us and see if anyone in the group can help! In addition to all the fun that comes with oak IDs, we will have a live raffle throughout this event so everyone participating will have a chance to win an oak t-shirt and a California OakWatch Pin!

Resources:
To help you get started with identifications, check out this identification guide:
English:
https://calnativeplant.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/Biodiversity/EVl6nwmR_KxKvbpu2vtPFFcB_289wDaCUWbI2zOkf2lJQA?e=F5vC1V
Español:
https://calnativeplant.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/Biodiversity/Eavhzz7TbDtPmgOIrS7UKHAB81BY5rM88-87jcXxUdiAIg?e=7IbG9S

CA OakWatch Training Webinar

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions: jesparza@cnps.org

You’re tagged in this post because you were among some of the top identifiers/observers this month. We hope you take part in this challenge!
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The shirts that will be raffled during this ID party and that will be used for future challenges come from F.M. Roberts Publications:
https://fmrpublications.com/shop
DO NOT miss the opportunity to win a beautiful CA scrub oaks/CA oak trees t-shirt!

If you are ever looking for any nature oriented productions including books, t-shirts, prints and notecards, check out the products available on the shop!