BioBlitzes of the Future Class of 2030 September 11-12, 2027Class of 2031 September 9-10, 2028
Read Kelly O’Donnell and Lisa Brundage’s chapter “It Turned into a Bioblitz: Urban Data Collection for Building Scientific Literacy and Environmental Connection,” published in Transforming Education for Sustainability: Discourses on Justice, Inclusion, and Authenticity.
Follow these instructions for downloading CSV files directly from iNaturalist.
Updates: Sept 2, 2026: Full data set is coming soon! For now, check out our iNaturalist project page: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2026-macaulay-honors-college-willowbrook-park-bioblitz Complete BioBlitz Data and Results Expected on or before…
Dr. Lisa Brundage is the Director of Academic Affairs at Macaulay Honors College and co-directs the BioBlitz with Dr. Kelly O’Donnell. Her PhD is in English and she…
Masami is an early-career environmental scientist with a professional interest in forest biodiversity and wetlands. While researching nutrient cycling and biodiversity in lawns in undergrad, he spent a…
Victoria is a zoo educator and zookeeper specializing in invertebrates, insects, and and reptiles. She takes care of the ambassador animals at the Staten Island Zoo and is…
Alyssa is a data scientist at Etsy and a Biology MA student at CUNY Queens College, where her thesis focuses on tidal marsh birds like clapper rails and…
Nick Dorian is an Assistant Professor at CCNY where he studies the urban ecology and conservation of insect pollinators.
Rin is a PhD candidate specializing in the systematics of Apoidea, a group with nearly 30,000 species that comprises bees and predatory apoid wasps. Rin’s research combines natural…
Maren Fossi is an amateur mycologist and active member of the New York Mycological Society. She is particularly interested in fungal ecology and cultivation.
Chris Kreussling (Flatbush Gardener) is a New York Master Naturalist and Certified Interpretive Guide. They specialize in bees, their ecology, and their habitat requirements, particularly in urban areas….
When you registered for BioBlitz, you chose to either arrive independently at Willowbrook Park, or to take the free shuttle bus from PS 503 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn….
Grecia De La Cruz Melo Torres is the Urban Advantage Manager at Staten Island Zoo, where she connects students, teachers, and families with hands-on science learning and conservation…
The Class of 2029 will participate in BioBlitz on August 29-30, 2026 at Willowbrook Park in Staten Island! Free shuttle bus service to and from Willowbrook will be…
BioBlitz 2026/Class of 2029 Information Registration is open August 10-August 21. Students attend one of the six shifts. We are happy to accommodate all accessibility needs. Provide information…
Last Updated: October 22, 2024 – Updated compiled dataset file posted. Spelling corrections and new species added. See file for full details. Prior Updates: October 1, 2024 –…
Last Updated: October 3, 2023 – corrections to some entries, one new species added! Prior Updates: September 30, 2023 – initial data file posted Here is the current…
Last updated: October 5, 2022 Here is the current species and observation lists for the 2022 Macaulay Honors College Randall’s Island Park BioBlitz: The first sheet in the…
