Crossing the Finish Line--1000 Species Challenge Final Day

Sora, Cold Brook Preserve, NJ

The day started with my not knowing exactly how many species I needed to cross the 1000 species threshold, as I hadn't tallied up all my species from Saturday.  But I thought I needed at least 30 species to finish the day.

After teaching my classes at East Stroudsburg University, I stopped by the greenhouse and picked up what I hoped would be at least a dozen species.  Then I stopped by Cold Brook Preserve to look for the Sora that had been there the last two days.  After many days of looking for this bird this fall and last fall, it was nice to get good looks of an adult Sora feeding on the edge of the small marshy pond there.

Then I headed home to be with my kids as they got off the bus from school.  We wandered the yard and turned over logs hoping to get enough species to finish out the month.  By bedtime I was sure I had gotten 1000 species, but didn't know what my final tally would be.  As it is, the final tally will go up as I identify additional plants and moths that I have photographed this month, but for now at least the goal was met.

Later I'll post a recap and retrospective of what I learned doing this challenge this month.  I'm already thinking about how to go bigger next September :-)

Final Species Tally: 1004+

New Species

Jumping Spider	Salticidae sp.
Orb-weaving Spider	Araneidae sp.
Wolf Spider	Lycosidae sp.
Sora	Porzana carolina
Woodlouse	Oniscidea sp.
Ant	Formicidae sp.
Band-winged Grasshopper	Oedipodinae sp.
Bumblebee	Bombini sp.
Fruit Fly	Tephritidae sp.
Large Carpenter Bee	Xylocopinae sp.
Orange Sulphur	Colias eurytheme
Northern Short-tailed Shrew	Blarina brevicauda
Birdbill Dayflower	Commelina dianthifolia
Bowstring Hemp	Sansevieria hyacinthoides
False Lilac	Leptodermis oblonga
Fire Lilly	Cyrtanthus elatus
Fuchsia	Fuchsia hybrid
Grass Aloe	Aloe verecunda
Hippeastrum	Hippeastrum vittatum
Hippeastrum	Hippeastrum aulicum
Hummingbird Bush	Anisacanthus quadrifidu
Lindheimer's Beeblossom	Oenothera lindheimeri
Pelargonium Storksbill	Pelargonium sp.
Pink Friesland Sage	Salvia nemorosa
Porcupine Tomato	Solanum pyracanthum
Purple Passionflower	Passiflora incarnata
Red Clover	Trifolium pratense
Rose Cactus	Pereskia grandifolia
Spotted Touch-Me-Not	Impatiens capensis
Turquoise Crossanda	Ecbolium viride