Reports

	Reports

Friday: Cloudy with 1 hour torrential thunderstorm Saturday: Sunny, light breeze 60-85° F

Species Found	Total
Amphibians	12
Reptiles	6
Birds	77
Fish	14
Mammals	17
Insects	886
Other Arthropods	91
Mollusks	5
Plants	529
Fungi	108
Fungal Plant Pathogens	27
Parasites	25
Algae ((including cyanobateria, diatoms, chrysophytes, green algae, dinoflagellates, euglenoids)	101
Total	1898

What species is new to the state?
Autecious rust (fungal plant pathogen)

What species was suprising?
Adela ridingsella (Fairy Moth): rare - fewer than 12 in collections in New England

Other significant findings:
Isotria verticillata (Large Whorled Pagonia) - Healthy population (one of the largest in CT) of this Federally endangered species. We also reported that there were many summer mushrooms found - very early for them. Unexpected birds: Osprey, Eastern Kingfisher, Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

Event summary:
This was the 4th annual Connecticut BioBlitz. Once again it was a great success. The event kicked off at 3pm on Friday May 31 with about 90 scientists checked in and heading out to survey. By 8:30 pm a total of 324 species had been tallied. At that time, an hour long thunderstorm interrupted the surveying with almost an inch of rain falling. After the storm passed, several different species were found in abundance. Scientists worked through the night, collecting and identifying. At 10am on Sat, we invited the public to join us to see what we'd been finding. The gun signaled the end of the BioBlitz at 3pm with a total of 1,898 species found announced shortly thereafter.