BioBlitz and Mothing Event at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

September 7th, 2024; 6:30 AM to 11:00 PM, Including a Butterfly Garden Walk (one hour of AT)

Schedule:

• 6:30 AM Join the Bird Census team for the Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count (Registration Recomended)
• 9am: Meet at the Visitor Center, then record all the flora and fauna you can find until sunset!
• 9am – 11am Butterfly Garden Walk* with garden docents to help identify plants and butterflies.
• 8pm-11pm: Blacklighting and nocturnal invertebrate surveys in the Visitor Center Parking lot (participants do not have permission to access any other parts of the refuge after dark)

Several mobile phone Apps will be helpful when participating in a BioBlitz, all of the apps listed here are free.

To Record Birds for the BioBlitz: Download the eBird App and create a free account. In the eBird App you may record the birds you identify, then report them to the BioBlitz.  For assistance with bird identification, download the Merlin App and install the bird pack named Texas, US. The experts with scopes will assist with bird identifications at The Little Sit.

To Record Plants and Other Wildlife for the BioBlitz: Simply download the iNaturalist App and record your findings at the refuge on September 7th within the Hagerman NWR BioBlitz’s Journal.  The iNaturalist SEEK App may also prove helpful in identifying plants and wildlife. Learn More about iNaturalist.

Logging BioBlitz VH: BPTMN: Blackland Prairie iNaturalistProject: TMN Field Research Hours; Description box: Hagerman Bioblitz and a summary of the service performed.  Duration: Time spent actively recording data.

Logging Butterfly Walk AT: Opportunity: AT: BPTMN: Other Pre-approved Training; Duration: 1 hour; Description: Hagerman Butterfly Walk (This must be included)