During the BioBlitz, ornithologists identified a Peregrine flying over, indicative that the species, on Connecticut's endangered list, is seeking natural structures for their homes. Entomologists discovered an assassin bug which had never been seen in Connecticut before. Botanists discovered two sedge plants that hadn't been seen in the state since 1917. Herpetologists found a rare Jefferson salamander and a copperhead, a venomous snake. People think biodiversity is just in the rainforest, but it's all around us.
Biodiversity consists of every living thing on earth.
The BioBlitz is great for teaching people about the diversity of plants and animals in our own back yards. What better way than to have some of the world's best scientists count as many species as they can find in a 24-hour period in an urban setting. A three-day biodiversity survey at Walden Pond, Massachusetts in 1998 by Massachusetts scientists revealed 1,905 species. The traprock ridges are biologically diverse because of a combination of their geology, geography and topography. Traprock, actually basalt, is composed of a number of metamorphosed minerals including feldspar.