# Newsworthy Observations? **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 19, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745 "2023-01-19T19:00:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vreinkymov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/vreinkymov/32/58876_2.png) [@vreinkymov](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/vreinkymov)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/1 "2023-01-19T19:00:35Z")
I was surprised to see [this snowy owl](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?order=asc&place_id=51727&subview=table&taxon_id=144594), first observed on iNat in Southern California, end up in [the news](https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/snowy-owl-leaves-cypress-nest-after-weeks-of-dazzling-birdwatchers/). Has anyone else come across any other observations that have gone mainstream like this one has? ---
**Author:** ![jnstuart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jnstuart/32/1623_2.png) [@jnstuart](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jnstuart)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/2 "2023-01-19T19:57:45Z")
There was the rare _Mola tecta_ sunfish in California a few years ago: [https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/699004730/scientists-shocked-by-rare-giant-sunfish-washed-up-on-california-beach](https://www.npr.org/2019/02/28/699004730/scientists-shocked-by-rare-giant-sunfish-washed-up-on-california-beach) ---
**Author:** ![damus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/damus/32/4642_2.png) [@damus](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/damus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/3 "2023-01-20T05:18:48Z")
The first mottled duskywing sighted at Pinery Provincial Park in Ontario last year made the news, sort of. For context, mottled duskywings are extirpated from most of their historic range in Ontario, but are being reintroduced to Pinery. The start of the reintroductions was in 2021, and nobody was really sure if any of them would survive the winter. An iNat user posted a duskywing, misidentified as the very similar and more common juvenal’s duskywing, and it was identified as a mottled shortly thereafter. It’s mentioned in [this article about the recovery project](https://www.guelphtoday.com/grounded/u-of-g-prof-helping-to-try-and-save-endangered-butterfly-species-5408234), and the observation is [this one](https://inaturalist.ca/observations/116996943), if I recall correctly. The mottled duskywing reintroduction has made the news several times, but this is the first article I could find that mentions the iNat observation. ---
**Author:** ![m\_whitson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/m_whitson/32/25565_2.png) [@m\_whitson](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/m_whitson)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/4 "2023-01-20T14:06:21Z")
This escaped atlas moth made the news, I think [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133016462](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133016462) They are way cool, but not normally found in the US. ---
**Author:** ![bobmcd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bobmcd/32/1761_2.png) [@bobmcd](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bobmcd)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/5 "2023-01-20T14:26:30Z")
A recent off course Fieldfare made the national news around here [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fieldfare-sighting-kelowna-1.6715850](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fieldfare-sighting-kelowna-1.6715850) It was recorded by an inatter here: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146443042](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146443042) The article also states that it is the third recorded such sighting in the province - interestingly those other times have been recorded by inatters: 2018: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30274229](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30274229) 2003:[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143460807](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143460807) ---
**Author:** ![sambiology](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sambiology/32/1741_2.png) [@sambiology](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sambiology)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/6 "2023-01-20T14:47:29Z")
Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) was first documented in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas in 2017 by a young naturalist – caused quite the media ruckus! [Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) in March 2017 by Sam Hunt · iNaturalist](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5493957) ---
**Author:** ![arnanthescout](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/arnanthescout/32/23708_2.png) [@arnanthescout](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/arnanthescout)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/7 "2023-01-20T16:26:50Z")
There was that [bat falcon](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?order=asc&place_id=1&taxon_id=4664) which crossed the border into Texas last year at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, making it the first record for the U.S. I initially saw it on the cover of a magazine (TPWD I think?) and then found out the rest of the story. People from all over the nation came over to see it. Now _that_ was a sensation… ---
**Author:** ![neontetraploid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/neontetraploid/32/1284_2.png) [@neontetraploid](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/neontetraploid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/8 "2023-01-20T21:54:27Z")
this beast: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11410002](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11410002) ---
**Author:** ![NoGenAI](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nogenai/32/64043_2.png) [@NoGenAI](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/NoGenAI)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/9 "2023-01-21T02:33:10Z")
This one [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62272236](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62272236) really hit the news, both the “oh I’ve seen those they aren’t rare wtf” people and the “OMG I HAVE ONE THOSE IN MY CAVES” people came out of the woodwork. First sighting in decades, was wondered to be extinct, it is a single site endemic. If you google “Shelta Cave Crayfish” youll see all the stories. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/newsworthy-observations/38745/10 "2023-03-22T02:33:56Z")
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