{"id":86,"date":"2018-09-05T14:30:44","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/biology\/?p=86"},"modified":"2018-09-06T11:58:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T15:58:46","slug":"biology-faculty-blitz-lackawanna-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/biology\/2018\/09\/05\/biology-faculty-blitz-lackawanna-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Faculty BLITZ Lackawanna State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_88\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88\" class=\"wp-image-88 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/biology\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_7612-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/biology\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_7612-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/biology\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_7612-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/biology\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_7612-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured L to R: Drs Marc Seid, Anne Royer, Chris Howey, and Vince Marshall<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Six members of the Biology Department took part in a BioBlitz (an event celebrating biodiversity by identifying as many living things as possible in a delimited space and time) at Lackawanna State Park on August 23-24. Professional and amature naturalists united in teams specializing in different groups of organisms, with members of the public invited to come along and learn.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-image-90 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/biology\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_7611-2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/biology\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_7611-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/biology\/files\/2018\/09\/IMG_7611-2-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Howey with his favorite find, an Eastern Milk Snake.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The U was represented by professors Rob Smith (birds), Chris Howey and Vince Marshall (reptiles and amphibians), Marc Seid (insects), Gary Kwiecinski (bats), and Anne Royer (plants).<\/p>\n<p>Check out media coverage of the event <a href=\"https:\/\/abingtonsuburban.com\/news\/scientists-conduct-bio-blitz-at-lackawanna-state-park-1.2379699\">here<\/a>, view photos of many of the species observed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/projects\/2018-lackawanna-state-park-bioblitz\">here<\/a>, and see more photos of the BioBlitz (including our Dr. Smith interacting with visitors) at Lackawanna State Park&#8217;s page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/LackawannaSP\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1085617431592828&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBaGxqro34vjrW2VU6a05vfUwvCNZK0phKrvZzh7DHyYMKQ5sBQ6ylUMOGWjEQf9LaT71BquwGGy4HVpOcmOwfLcMLsoHxSKHhaqLb7BMHLOnbRLlnR73CPBIZFIoI_ZWzxl_1AgmUBOVlZDIRoFsZSIpiSGtyV0tdIqlDjRSUJlqU4_Y6MuQ&amp;__tn__=-UC-R\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six members of the Biology Department took part in a BioBlitz (an event celebrating biodiversity by identifying as many living things as possible in a delimited space and time) at Lackawanna State Park on August 23-24. 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