There’s an old saying, “the early bird gets the worms.” Well in Washington D.C., the early bird, a Peregrine Falcon, gets the better parking spots! This week our observation comes from iNaturalist, a web and mobile app that allows users to record, share, and discuss observations of plants and animals. You can read more about how helpful iNaturalist is for citizens and scientists here.
The early bird gets the worm, or in this case, the Peregrine #Falcon gets the dove! shaneoneal photographed this one with its prey in #WashingtonDC and it's our #WildlifeWednesday Observation of the Day!
More details at: https://t.co/Mk4zYVZvPg #birds #nature #animals #citsci pic.twitter.com/jYdfFbTu7W
— iNaturalist (@inaturalist) March 13, 2019
Thanks @sohkamyung for sending this our way!
Do you have a photo or video of an urban species doing something unusual? What about a rare plant or animal that you were surprised to find in a city? If so, let Lindsay know or Tweet at us and you could be featured as a future observation of the week!
I am interested in urban ecology and evolution. Urbanization can have drastic impacts on local ecosystems, both negative and positive, and creates a new environment for organisms to experience. To understand the impacts that urbanization plays on organisms, I look through the lense of population genetics and molecular evolution.
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