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The scientists and volunteers searched the waters of Central Park in search of the not-very-elusive phylum Tardigrada, a group of chubby microscopic creatures often referred to as water bears or moss piglets.
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One of the 46 species of birds cataloged during the BioBlitz. Volunteers were unsure whether this was a small goose or a large duck.
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Teams of scientists and naturalists, aided by a cadre of volunteers, combed Central Park’s 843 acres, observing and recording as many species as possible during a 24-hour time period.lt;br>Microsoft partnered with scientists to develop custom applications for Tablet PCs that enabled scientists to "blitz" species information to a main server from anywhere in the park.
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Martin Shapiro, 11, searches for his beloved Moss Piglets in one Central Park fountain.
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The bioblitzers looked longingly at the park’s fountains during the event as temperatures neared 100 degrees on the first day of the survey. Pictured here is, the Conservatory Garden’s Untermeyer Fountain.
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Two more feathered friends added to the species list, as they bathe in the Burnett Fountain, a bronze sculpture of two children from characters in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s book The Secret Garden.
