Falling Behind--1000 Species Challenge (Day 18)

Aquarium at ESU

So, I'm falling a bit behind the pace needed to get to 1000 species by the end of the month.  No worries, I plan to catch up, but it is sobering to see how many more species I still need to find!  Over the past two days, my sources of new species include a saltwater aquarium at the East Stroudsburg University campus, trees in my yard, and a few birds from here and there...including a Merlin at Spruce Run and a Green Heron at Coldbrook Preserve.  By the end of the 18th, I should have had 617 species.  I'm a bit behind!


Total Species: 535

New Species:

Green Heron	Butorides virescens
Indigo Bunting	Passerina cyanea
Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos
Paper Wasp	Polistinae sp.
Broadleaf Plantain	Plantago major
Buckhorn Plantain	Plantago lanceolata
Cattail	Typha sp.
Cocklebur	Xanthium strumarium
Curled Dock	Rumex crispus
Duckweed	Lemnoideae sp.
Eastern Black Walnut	Juglans nigra
Gray Birch	Betula populifolia
Nimblewill	Muhlenbergia schreberi
Silver Maple	Acer saccharinum
Virginia Creeper	Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Fish Crow	Corvus ossifragus
Merlin	Falco columbarius
Sand-shifting Starfish	Astropecten polyacanthus
Cinnamon Clownfish	Amphiprion melanopu
Firefin Goby	Nemateleotris magnifica
Royal Gramma	Gramma loreto
Sailfin Tang	Zebrasoma veliferum