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It's time for a proper #introduction. Kia ora.

I'm an #ecology lecturer at #LincolnUniversityNZ and live in Ōtautahi-Christchurch. I'm interested in #EcologicalMonitoring, #BiologicalInvasions (esp. #weeds), and NZ #NaturalHistory (so much still to discover!). I'm site admin for #iNaturalistNZ #MātakiTaiao, the NZ node of #iNaturalist.

I'm @joncounts because I count a lot of nature (~17,000 species counts each month). See https://wildcounts.org.

#AotearoaNZ #nature #plants #insects #birds

Here are the monarch butterflies (orange) and cabbage white butterflies (white), both exotic species in #AotearoaNZ, that I counted in February 2022 between the Port Hills and the city centre.

A map of my standard monthly bike (blue) and run (orange-red) routes across Ōtautahi-Christchurch, Aotearoa-New Zealand.

Here are the kahukura/red admiral butterflies (red, endemic species) and yellow admiral butterflies (yellow, Australian species now native in NZ), that I counted in February 2022 between the Port Hills and the city centre of Ōtautahi-Christchurch, New Zealand. Kahukura are mostly in the hills away from the city.

Here are the house sparrows (white) and starlings (blue), both exotic species in #AotearoaNZ, that I counted in February 2022 between the Port Hills and the city centre. Note these species are largely absent from the hills but dominate the suburbs.

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