2021 was the inaugral year for Lubbock's participation in the City Nature Challenge (Amarillo began their CNC in 2018) and everyone was champing at the bit to give Lubbock a good 2021 showing. 2023 was down by 776 total observations from the 2021 record -- 5502 observations in 2023 versus 6278 in 2021 -- but posted other records, 894 species in 2023 versus 875 in 2021, and 110 observers versus 97 for 2021.
2021: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-lubbock
2022: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2022-lubbock-area
2023: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2023-lubbock-area
My regional superproject, Llano Estacado+ Spring Bioblitz, running at the same time as the CNC and incorporating results from Amarillo and Lubbock and the much bigger surrounding area including Midland-Odessa, San Angelo, and Eastern New Mexico to the Pecos River, plus the Western part of the Texas Rolling plains, gave these results:
2023: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2023-llano-estacado-spring-bioblitz-april-28-may-1-2
2022: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2022-llano-estacado-spring-bioblitz-april-29-may-2
2021: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/llano-estacado-spring-bioblitz-april-30-may-3-2021
2020: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/llano-estacado-spring-bioblitz-april-24-27-2020
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