City Nature Challenge 2023: Fairfield and Westchester Counties

April 28 - May 1, 2023

Invented by community science staff at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Lila Higgins) and California Academy of Sciences (Alison Young). The City Nature Challenge is an international effort for people to find and document plants and wildlife in cities across the globe. It’s a bio blitz-style competition where cities are in a contest against each other to see who can make the most observations of nature, who can find the most species, and who can engage the most people.

How You Can Participate

Make Observations!

• Download iNaturalist app and create an account
• Join the project here
• Take photos of wildlife anywhere in Fairfield and Westchester counties between April 28 through May 1.
  • This can be inside your house, in your backyard, out your window or in your neighborhood. The goal is to capture WILDlife, avoid pets, and cultivated plants.
• Upload your photos to iNaturalist - from your mobile device or via your computer 

HELP IDENTIFY WHAT WAS SEEN! 

• Download iNaturalist app and create an account
• Join the project here 
• Identify observations to species level 

Rain in the forecast? Click Here to Learn how you can make observations in and around your home

Past Results

2022

• Total Observations: 2,664 (#141 out of 445 cities)
• Total Species: 699 (#133 out of 445 cities)
• Total Observers: 333 (#58 out of 445 cities) 

2021

• Total Observations: 2,707 (#117 out of 419 cities)
• Total Species: 718 (#116 out of 419 cities)
• Total Observers: 365 (#38 out of 419 cities)