Up until now, Nature's Notebook datasheets have been set up to accommodate observations for a single individual plant or animal, at a single site, on many dates. If you have a bunch of plants or animals you're tracking, you have had to lug a big packet of data sheets, and flip through a lot of papers to find the right sheet for the right plant or animal. Well, your paper-flipping days are over. We now offer single-day datasheets! You can now generate datasheets with space to observe all of your registered plants or animals on a single date on a single sheet. This data sheet format will be helpful not only in reducing the amount of flipping through paper you need to do to make your observations, it should also be easier for folks just getting introduced to Nature's Notebook, such as visitors to nature centers or arboreta, to understand.

You'll find the option to create single-day datasheets when you click on the "Create Datasheets" button within Nature's Notebook.

You can also now upload photos of your individual plants to Nature's Notebook. At the present, we can only accommodate a single photo per individual. You'll find the "Add Image" button under "Add or Edit Plants" within Nature's Notebook.

If you will be attending the Ecological Society of America conference this August in Portland, OR, please come meet us! We'll have a booth in the exhibitor's hall. We'll also be hosting a brown-bag phenology lunch on Wednesday, and a field trip to a phenology trail in Forest Park on Tuesday evening. Finally, several staffers and affiliated individuals will also be presenting talks or posters. Check out the details on the ESA page of our website.

Other meetings that might be of interest...

- Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research

- Phenology 2012