BioBlitz!! Everyone Welcome!

Schedule: 

• 6:30 AM Join the Bird Census team for the Little Sit Sunrise Bird Count (Registration Recomended)
• 9 AM Meet at the Visitor Center, team up and disperse to find and record as many living plants and creatures as possible!
• 9 AM - 11 AM Butterfly Garden Walk* with garden docents to help identify plants and butterflies.
• 8 PM-11 PM Mothing: Ultraviolet Blacklights will be set up in front of a white sheet to conduct nocturnal invertebrate surveys in the Visitor Center Parking lot (participants do not have permission to access any other parts of the refuge after dark)

Participants are advised to bring water and snacks, no food is for sale at the refuge.  Sturdy shoes and insect repellant are recommended.  Binoculars may be checked out in the visitor center between 9 AM and 4 PM (while supplies last),

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.

*Directions and more information about the Little Sit Bird Count can be found here.