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Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity, or #BiodiversityDay! PAN staff are celebrating the plants, insects, birds, and other wildlife we& #39;re seeing in all the different places we are by sharing photos here. Will you join us and share your own? Check it out:
Melons between zinnia and borage at his farm in Tripoli, Iowa from farmer and PAN communications associate Rob Faux! #BiodiversityDay
Anise swallowtail butterfly on Limnanthes douglasii or "Meadow Foam" (a CA & OR native) from PAN senior scientist @MarciaIshii in her Berkeley, CA garden. #BiodiversityDay
Honeybees from PAN organizer and policy advocate @ChandraMedha from a friend& #39;s backyard in Concord, CA #BiodiversityDay
A tiny moth on a rosemary bush in her San Jose, CA garden, from PAN ED @KristinAtPAN #BiodiversityDay
Red cedar and rhododendron from PAN grants and foundations manager Christy Rodgers from the great Northwest! #BiodiversityDay
From co-director of @CAPestReform Sarah Aird& #39;s San Francisco apartment building& #39;s 20’ x 60’ backyard, (which is surrounded on all four sides by buildings at least 7 stories tall), a Cooper’s hawk! (it comes for the pigeons). #BiodiversityDay
On the opposite end of the food chain, from PAN organizer Devika Ghai, here’s a photo of a worm and an ant in Minneapolis, MN soil! #BiodiversityDay
A beautiful Red Admiral butterfly on a walk through San Francisco from PAN communications manager @etsummerlin #BiodiversityDay
And a VIDEO of a jellyfish in Lake Merritt, Oakland! From PAN senior scientist @MargaretatPAN and her partner Ray! #BiodiversityDay
Widespread use of pesticides is increasingly understood to be driving major #biodiversity and population losses among insects, birds and other pollinators, threatening ecosystem integrity. More from @MarciaIshii here: https://bit.ly/2TyCm0i ">https://bit.ly/2TyCm0i&q...
From PAN staff scientist @EmilyAtPAN, a photo from her neighbor& #39;s flower garden in Berkeley, CA. Can you spot the honeybee? #BiodiversityDay
