International Tutors' Magazine June 2019 | Page 14

INTERNATIONAL TUTORS’ MAGAZINE
CITY NATURE CHALLENGE
BY RUBY CHU
We enjoy stunning scenery on our campus, This April, our campus entered into a
and with that scenery, a huge amount of worldwide biodiversity competition called
living creatures that you can so easily spot the City Nature Challenge (CNC). Anyone
just by looking around. With
can upload a photo of nature to
spring’s arrival, it has been
an app called iNaturalist, and
We enjoy
very noisy around EdUHK.
cities compete to show the
stunning
scenery
In the morning, you might
most biodiversity, sometimes
be woken up by the birds. and biodiversity even discovering new species
In the early evening, the on our campus. or finding endangered
campus is filled with the super
creatures along the way! The
loud sound of toads and frogs.
past two years, Hong Kong
And after dark, you might spot a brightly has been in the top ten competing cities
patterned sphinx moth waiting for friends of the world for most number of species
in the Eco-Garden or hear a mysterious recorded. The competition is a very good
savanna nightjar calling overhead! chance for everyone to be aware of the
Counterclockwise
from top: Anomalini
beetle, footman moth,
brown tree frog, red-
whiskered bulbul, and
giant crab spider; all
observations made at
EdUHK in the CNC.
all photos sourced from iNaturalist with permissions
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