🌎🦉 THE RESULTS ARE IN — SASKATOON SHOWED UP FOR NATURE! 🌿📷

 

🌎🦉 THE RESULTS ARE IN — SASKATOON SHOWED UP FOR NATURE! 🌿📷

Despite a rare spring snowstorm during the four-day event, Saskatoon citizens documented an incredible:
📷 925 observations
🌿 221 species
👥 49 observers
🔍 135 identifiers

Saskatoon CNC YXE 2026 CITY NATURE CHALLENGE

Even more exciting — 12 threatened or endangered species were recorded during the 2026 City Nature Challenge! Species observed included Osprey, Loggerhead Shrike, Western Tiger Salamander, Turkey Vulture, Killdeer, Green Ash, and more.

The most observed species in Saskatoon?
🐦 American Robin led the way, followed by Yellow-rumped Warblers, Dark-eyed Juncos, American Crows, Black-capped Chickadees, and Canada Geese.

Saskatoon outperformed several Prairie cities during extremely challenging weather conditions, proving once again how passionate this community is about biodiversity, citizen science, conservation, and environmental stewardship.

Globally, the City Nature Challenge included:
🌍 754 cities
🌍 61 countries
🌍 3,001,825 observations
🌍 76,422+ documented species

Thank you to every observer, identifier, photographer, birder, naturalist, student, family, and citizen scientist who helped put Saskatoon on the global biodiversity map. 💚

 

Nature is everywhere — and every observation matters.

#CityNatureChallenge #Saskatoon #Biodiversity #CitizenScience #iNaturalist #NatureChallenge #Conservation #PrairieWildlife #EnvironmentalEducation #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #Saskatchewan #UrbanEcology #LifeOnLand

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