😍 Introducing a lovely new addition to the MBP checklist - Aiptasiogeton eruptaurantia. This beauty is the fifth species of sea anemone documented for the project. 📷 (c) Rob Aguilar. marylandbiodiversity.com/view/22795 #marylandbiodiversityproject #seaanemone #marinelife

Chuck-will's-widows are summer residents that breed in mixed forests of the coastal plain. Listen for their distinctive namesake calls in mixed woodlands on the Eastern Shore on summer nights. 📷(c) Jonathan Irons - Somerset Co., MD (6/1/2022). 🔍marylandbiodiversity.com/view/1140

Please welcome this year's lead counters for the Turkey Point and Dans Rock Bird Counts! Aaron Reb (L) will be our lead counter at Turkey Point in Cecil County and Josh Heiser (R) will be our lead counter at Dans Rock in Allegany County. Have a great season, Aaron and Josh!

Check out this impressive summary of the 2023 MBP BioBlitz at New Germany SP and Savage River State Forest. Thanks to John Hall for leading coordination of the event and for compiling the report! marylandbiodiversity.com/blog/?p=1137

🦀 It's rainin' crabs... blue swimming crabs (Portunus pelagicus) that is! Rob & Henry Legett have been working with local community officials in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, to restore populations. The project is being conducted in collaboration with Universitas Hasanuddin and IMET.

Aaron Reb recently tallied the new state high count for Blue-gray Gnatcatchers at the Turkey Point Bird Count! Read the latest update from Aaron on the MBP blog! marylandbiodiversity.com/blog/?p=1195 📷: (c) Aaron Reb - Bill

Long-tailed Skipper is a sought-after fall rarity in Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic. It is found year-round in parts of the southern U.S. (Florida, Texas) and ranges south all the way to Argentina. 📷: (c) Kevin Heffernan marylandbiodiversity.com/view/581

Clay-colored Sparrow is one of SEVERAL new species for the Turkey Point Bird Count that Aaron Reb and Co. have recently documented! Read more in Aaron's latest blog post: marylandbiodiversity.com/blog/?p=1218 📷: (c) Daniel Irons.

Congrats to Derek Hudgins for documenting MBP species #21,000! He found this planthopper, Chionomus pacificus, in Baltimore City. It was determined by Charles Bartlett, who noted that this species is highly mobile and wanders well outside of its core southwestern U.S. range.

It seemed like Maryland might miss its chance to document wandering American Flamingos, but we did receive a documented report from 9/30 at the Patuxent Naval Air Station in St. Mary's Co., Maryland. Check it out: ebird.org/checklist/S151…

New species for MBP! This is the Flagfin Mojarra (Eucinostomus melanopterus), which Emilio Concari documented last month on Sinepuxent Bay in coastal Worcester County. 📷: (c) Emilio Concari - Worcester Co., Maryland (9/17/2023). marylandbiodiversity.com/view/22940

Here is a native Florida Predatory Stink Bug nymph (fifth instar) feeding on an adult Spotted Lanternfly! 📷: (c) almonygxx, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc…) - Baltimore City, Maryland (10/5/2023). 🔍marylandbiodiversity.com/view/9665

Great holiday gift idea! We are super excited to announce a new run of MBP shirts available through our Bonfire fundraiser! bonfire.com/maryland-biodi… We are raising money for our two morning flight bird counts, which gather invaluable data on eastern U.S. migration!

Thank you for making 2023 the most productive year yet for Maryland Biodiversity Project. We’re doing more than ever to document and understand Maryland’s biodiversity. Can you make a #GivingTuesday donation to help us ensure 2024 is somehow even better? marylandbiodiversity.com/donate

Maryland Biodiversity Project's 1,000,000th record! Congrats all around to our awesome community. Soybean Looper Moth (Chrysodeixis includens) by Dave Webb.

We're thrilled to share this exciting event, the launch of a conservation-focused beer series in collaboration with Checkerspot Brewing Co.! The launch event is scheduled for Sunday, 3/24 from 1-4 p.m. Checkerspot Brewing Co. checkerspotbrewing.com maps.app.goo.gl/8sbP7GH5znUnG7…

The Ovenbird is a familiar breeding species in the woodlands of Maryland. They are most easily detected by their distinctive "teacher, teacher, teacher" song. 📷: (c) Mark Johnson - Frederick Co., MD (6/18/2016). marylandbiodiversity.com/view/1240 - Bill

Wow! Congratulations to Jim Moore for documenting a new ORDER for Maryland Biodiversity Project. This tiny mite is an arachnid (Class Arachnida) and belongs to the order Oribatida. More at MBP: marylandbiodiversity.com/view/23143

Thank you for your support in making 2024 another tremendous success. Can you make a #GivingTuesday donation today and help us achieve even more in 2025? marylandbiodiversity.com/donate

Happy New Year, Everyone! Thank you for supporting MBP and our mission to document and protect biodiversity! For anyone in a position to make an end-of-year donation, we will put it to good use! marylandbiodiversity.com/donate - Bill, Jim, John, and the rest of the MBP team