Is Your Environment Changing? Tell Us How

Earth just had its warmest summer on record, as 2015 heads for a new high What it hot for you? #iseechange

#LosAngeles, are you feeling it? Its After Labor Day, So Why Is It Still So Hot? via @ClimateCentral #iseechange

@mayasugarman I see a 102 degree data point. But the breeze might have brought it down to 100. #ha #lies #itsadryheat #iseechange @KPCC

#ISeeChange #extremeheat Five LAUSD high schools are forced to replace melting all-weather fields

We have alot of Bee Food type plants. Recently there seem to be more Wasps than Bees. There are also more Coyotes in our neighborhood. I think that is from the lack of water in their habitat.

Anyone out there seeing #stingrays near #MarinaDelRey - near Mother's Beach? Let #ISeeChange @iseechange @KPCC know!

A great story on our friends @GLACVCD & how the climate is changing the "mosquito season. #ISeeChange #DumpAndDrain

We round up professionals to reveal the 9 best ways SoCal can reduce water use: #drought #ISeeChange

When was the last time you remember #lightningstrikes #lightning in the LA basin? #iseechange Tell us @KPCC

The #iSeeChange project as explained by @KPCCmolly on @KQED's The California Report.

RT @AlenaBahiyyih: #iseechange Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove CA has been inundated by sea hares!

There are fewer bird varieties in my Oakland neighborhood, specifically Steller's jays and finches have gone MIA. #ISeeChange

On today's #CAReport: We talk with @KPCCmolly about the #iSeeChange project looking into environmental shifts.

#iseechange Asilomar Beach in Pacific Grove CA has been inundated by sea hares in the last few weeks!

Thankful that it is July 15th and I'm still not dying from another HOT summer!but, it's strange, isn't it? @KPCCmolly #iseechange #SanDiego

This year. Huntington Beach. Flowers blooming earlier. Daffodils and other bulbs blooming in January instead of April or May.

What's up with the increase in sharks along the coast? #iseechange @kpcc

Take Two | #ISeeChange: Could San Francisco's famous fog disappear? | 89.3 ... - 89.3 KPCC

#ISeeChange: Pelagic tuna crabs return via @kpcc

#ISeeChange: Are there more sphinx moths in the high desert lately?

RT @AshleyAlvarado: .@KPCC asks: Have you seen something changing in environment around you? Angry bees? Lots of butterflies?

Have you noticed something changing in your environment? Tell us and become a source: #iSeeChange #DroughtVoices

Have you noticed something changing in your environment? #iSeeChange #DroughtVoices @cornerstonethtr

RT @AshleyAlvarado: Hope to see you all @cornerstonethtr for #voicesofthedrought night with @ezraromero @KPCCmolly @jonnymutineer #iSeeChan

kpcc's radiomolly wants your #ISeeChange observations. What have you noticed changing in the nature

Love this: People are invited to add their #cadrought artwork. #droughtvoices #ISeeChange

.@KPCC asks: Have you seen something changing in environment around you? Angry bees? Lots of butterflies? #ISeeChange

Looking forward to it! @KPCC @KPCCforum #iSeeChange

Who's seeing #redcrab #redcrabs on #LA #socal #beaches? Tell @KPCC - tweet us pictures and hash tag them #ISeeChange, we'll check it out!

#ISeeChange: 'The hills in Irvine used to be very green for longer periods during the winter season.' @JenniferPinai

I'm a pretty attentive birder. The orange bishop bird (originally from Sub-Saharan Africa) was introduced to Orange County in 1980's. I saw my first one 6-4-2015 at a plant nursery in Buena Park.

Bees swarm, sting at Pasadena graduation ... #CAdrought aggravates bees, @KPCCmolly? #iseechange

@KPCCmolly @KPCC The hills in Irvine used to be very green for longer periods during the winter season. #ISeeChange

Forget June Gloom, it's all about May Gray #Iseechange

@KPCCmolly #iseechange Usually bees go after my hummingbird feeders. I've had one bee so far.

@KPCCmolly #iseechange I see more sick bees on the ground. Uncoordinated movement. I've seen lizards eat several.

RT @BrianLehrer: #ISeeChange allows citizens to document and report environmental changes in their own backyards, explains @dangerbui. http

@AshleyAlvarado @KPCCmolly #Iseechange I have noticed we don't has as many ladybugs butterflies and bees. I need Ladybs &bees for my garden.

@AshleyAlvarado @KPCC @KPCCmolly there's a ton of parrots all over Southern California #iseechange

#ISeeChange: Where Southern California's parrots are from, and where they're going

@RobLStrauss Snow on the mountains in May? #ISeeChange @KPCC

Local #CitSci is becoming more and more prevalent. Are there any local #CitSci projects in your area? #iseechange

Moved here in 1999 and saw deer and coyotes at least several times a week if driving up the canyon at night. Commonly saw deer that had been killed by cars. Heard coyotes howling at least weekly. That lasted a few years and for the past 10 or so years it's rare to see a deer or hear/see a coyote. Several neighbors have made the same observation.

Yes! I am an Altadena native and have great memories of the annual parrots that come down from our mountain tops. But this year there are hundreds more, and they are sticking around. Every afternoon after 6pm I hear them in our neighbor's loquat tree. As a child I remember them simply flying by. I'd really like to know if the early heat wave has anything to do with the amounts and their diet. First year in 17 years of living near a loquat tree that I've seen the eat the fruit and hangout. They are gorgeous and fun to watch as they care fully eat the fruit and toss the pit. But it normal or is my memory failing me .

#ISeeChange: What's up with the Monarch butterflies?

Commuters & keen-eyed observers, use the apps already on your phone to gather climate data for @KPCC's #ISeeChange.

The Polish Ambassador & Joshua Tree Music Festival bring Permaculture Action Day to @MojaveDesertLT ! #ISeeChange

Years ago we used to have continual battles with small black ants in the yard, in the house, everywhere. I noticed last year they seem to be completely gone.

I have lived up against the foothills in Altadena since 1999. When we first moved here, I could hear coyotes yapping in the hills almost every night. I almost NEVER hear them anymore.

RT @EthernetGreg: @KPCC Warmer climate caused poppies to bloom over a month ahead of normal in Los Padres Nat. Forest #iseechange

RT @sarah_observes: I put out poodle hair for birds. Hummingbirds nested during early warm spells b4 insects were out. How could they feed

#iseechange Mockingbird on the nest had her mouth open all day from the heat. I feel sorry for the babies. Whittier hills.

Your Instagram pictures can help scientists track climate change Researchers ask snappers to use #iseechange...

@SacredSoftware I found 1 unused hummingbird nest after it turned cold. Would cold temps cause egg binding? #Iseechange

I put out poodle hair for birds. Hummingbirds nested during early warm spells b4 insects were out. How could they feed babies? #Iseechange

RT @JudithShelton: @KPCCmolly Where are all the butterflies? #ISeeChange @KPCC This is a great project, thank you.

I keep a drought tolerant garden with lots of native plants. My garden is a certified wildlife habitat. Recently, I've started seeing a larger variety of birds stopping by, including a species that is considered uncommon, according to the Cornell Merlin ID app. called a Phainopela. We have a mating pair that visits to eat berries that overhang from our neighbor's yard. I am proud that my family and I make efforts to maintain this garden that attracts species that may have no where else to go.

BIRDS OF PARADISE used to bloom twice a year. In the spring and in the fall. They are now blooming all year long. That is very nice for my vases but is definitely not a normal part of the Los Angeles nature I grew up with.

I planted 2 silk floss trees/kapok (Ceiba speciosa) 25 years ago. They are now all over LA. After the pink flowers die, they grow huge seed pods filled with kapok. The pods look like large avocados and drop to the ground and then, eventually, explode the kapok. BUT THIS YEAR, as never before, the pods exploded on the tree and the kapok fiber just hangs there until it falls to the ground. I have noticed this happening all over LA.

Invasive eastern gray squirrels have moved into our neighborhood. They were not present in 2011. In 2012 they were rare. No in 2015 they are common.

Woodpeckers! I have had one or two in my yard in past years, but this year I could hear them tapping out their love songs all over the neighborhood.

1. We used to have big garden spiders - black or green with yellow spots - I haven't seen any for years now. 2. We used to have really big flea explosions in about August every year at our house. Now we have more pets, but no more explosions. 3. Crows are much more common in our neighborhood than they used to be. 4. Many more coyotes in our neighborhood than years ago.

All these damn #fruitflies and #gnats so early in spring @KPCC #iseechange

#ISeeChange Grew up in SF Valley in 60's-70's. We had many praying mantises both brown and green. I have not seen one in many years?

@KPCC @KPCCmolly #ISeeChange in Pasadena - Jacarandas along Del Mar blooming a month earlier than they did 25 years ago.

@KPCCmolly We taught nature our most sacred song: the car alarm. Will they ever forget it? #iseechange #ihearchange

@KPCC Warmer climate caused poppies to bloom over a month ahead of normal in Los Padres Nat. Forest #iseechange

@KPCC Last summer for the first time in 20+ years I saw a creek dry up in Sequoia National Forest from lack of snow pack #iseechange

@kpcc It seems like LA smog has been thicker the past year than it used to be; am I imagining things? #ISeeChange

Yes! This year we have hundreds more monarch and other butterflies. It's incredible! We do have lots of flowers in the garden plus a good fountain for a water source. But this year hundreds more then normal.

Happy Earth #iSeeChange Day @NASAJPL and kpcc ! What are you seeing change today!?!?

We've been seeing butterflies (think they are monarchs, but not 100%) in March. Had Alan's Hummingbirds feeding from our hummingbird feeder ALL year this past year. Usually they clear out in the Winter. Also so a 100% small blue bird that was later identified as a Western Bluebird. I've lived in the San Joaquin Valley most of my life and love watching birdies. I think this is the first time in my LIFE I've seen a blue bird that wasn't a Mexican Scrub Jay in Lodi, CA before. Ever.

I had butterflies in my garden during the last week of January and first week of February this year (instead of in April, May, and June). I figured this was a species survival reaction to both the California drought and global warming.

The blooming of my Ume tree (Japanese plum) used to coincide with my daughter's February birthday, and did so for about 23 years. About six or seven years ago, it began blooming earlier and earlier. It has bloomed in December for the past five or six years.

I know it is definitely hotter and dryer as I have to water my yard even in the winter months to keep them alive. Other than that, there has been an increase of coyote sightings here in Altadena even in neighborhoods several blocks from the foothills.

I have lived in Southern California most all my life. I have been through droughts here before. This drought is the drought that isn't, because I am looking at green covered San Gabriel mountains and neighborhoods of blooming, healthy landscapes. In past, so called less intense, droughts, everything died and turned brown. Yes, the temperatures are much higher, seasonally, than usual, but the land belies the cry of drought. I don't doubt we are in a drought, but I wonder if the shortage of water has more to do with the emptying of reservoirs and aqua ducts in favor of environmentalists rather than the actual shortage of rainfall.

For the 15 years I've lived at this house in Burbank, ants have become a problem. In the past for about one week in the summer, we noticed that ants would come up from the drain and be seen here and there in our bathrooms and kitchen near the sink. But, for the last five or six years, the week or two has grown to a month or two, and in the last twelve months we were forced to hire an exterminator to control the huge swarms traveling in lines from outside the house to inside the house usually from or near drains and sinks.

For the past several years, beginning in 2007, the rains in SoCal are certainly much fewer and farther between, I have seen trees that no longer leaf again in spring, less of our beautiful birds and butterflies and sometimes remnants of large die offs of our precious pollinators, the bees. There is certainly too much overbuilding and too many people in general, which contributes to water waste and our wildlife being forced to do with less of their environmental needs, It is very frustrating when you see people still wasting our very precious resource, water, on unnecessary things like watering lawns that are not appropriate to have in a desert climate in the first place. Though, I have also seen more people turning to natural and local drought resistant plants for their yards and doing more natural desert type landscapes. We need IMMEDIATE and REQUIRED drought rules and strict limitations on watering unnecessary areas. Water prices need to be raised and people fined for any and all waste of this precious resource. WIthout clean air and water, nothing else really matters, does it?

My family has noticed deciduous trees never losing their leaves. Lots of wildlife around that we never used to see - a family of 6 racoons, quail in my backyard, birds from sub-tropical countries at the beach and in our yard. WE get tomatoes all year round (organic)

I see with water restrictions more of a willingness to convert lawns from grass to something more cheaply sustainable. I missed winter, too. I guess I blinked.

For the last few years it seems that fall doesn't start until January. I've lived in the valley for 43 years since I was 3, and I recall October winds and the leaves changing colors. Now I've seen that it's happening in January.

There's the obvious answer of no rain, but slightly more subtle changes as well; my family's AC was running for most of the last "winter" (provable through the larger-than-normal power bills), and my father's apple trees had their fruit cooked on the tree last summer. Furthermore, the nights have been warm much more often than normal, and the days were occasionally eighty degrees Fahrenheit (or hotter) even in December.

I have noticed that there are fewer and fewer ladybugs. Also, bees have been dying on their own without having stung anyone. Recently, a swarm of bees came into my apartment on a super hot day on 2/14/15 and then they just died in my apartment. It was quite alarming and I know that it has to do with our continual lack of care about our environment and that these insects are unable to sustain themselves. Is that what's happening?

@KPCC My malamutes now "blow" their coats often & sporadically. 10 years ago, I could predict the coming of summer by the blow. #ISeeChange

Wildflowers in the Santa Monica Mountains arrive early...are you seeing them? Tell @KPCC! #ISeeChange

@KPCCmolly @KrisMul Hummingbirds early. Strawberries early. Leafy greens confused. Ocean swimming in January. Ya, #ISeeChange

It's much hotter. 30 years ago we used our bedroom air conditioner at most 5 times a year. Now we have air conditioning in 3 rooms and use it most of the summer and frequently during the rest of the year.

Allergies, for one! @KPCC wants to know - how is your natural environment changing? #ISeeChange: via @kpcc

See more flooding or birds out too early? @WDDE911 @StoriesByEli wants to know. Post your observations to #iSeeChange

Flocks of tundra swans in DE in larger numbers than expected at this time of the year via @MollyMurraytnj #iSeeChange

Dramatic (over ten years) increase in feral cats roaming through neighborhood all throughout Cerritos. They have just about wiped-out all the lizards, and birds, and that affects the entire environment. Nothing is being done to eliminate this man-made disaster to the natural native fauna of California.

Over the years, local fauna has changed; seldom seen are alligator lizards, no toads live here anymore; there now are raccoons, opossums, squirrels, and, once, a puma. A few years ago, I spotted a great horned owl, never seen here before. I believe that many, if not all, of these changes are due to the presence of two major freeways and their forested embankments. When I was young, the smog, on some days, was so dense that one could not see half a block, There is hardly ever any of it at all, these days.

Insects abound. They are out earlier in the year due to the warmer weather but they are also in huge numbers. I don't ever remember seeing so many bugs or so many types for so long during the year. They are fierce and almost unstoppable. Wasps and hornets seem to be nastier than usual, flies and gnats seem to show up for no reason.... a greater variety of beetle seem to be about as well. In short... a lot more bugs!

Fewer bees, different bees, more heat and cold. Not sure if it's winter or spring.

My husband and I just moved to San Diego two years ago. Not sure if this will help contribute to your story. But, we lived in the same neighborhood in Phoenix, AZ for fourteen years. During this time we've noticed that it was getting hotter earlier in the year. Hitting 100's by April and also staying hotter longer. Where it used to cool off by October, it was now staying hotter into November. Also, we started getting giant dust storms called "Haboob", you can search Google for examples. In the mid to late 90's and early 00's we hardly ever got dust storms. But right before we left Phoenix, we were getting them at least twice a year!

Construction of Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea delayed due to snow forecast #iSeeChange

When you look at your backyard today, how is it different from, say, a year or two ago? #ISeeChange

Is something changing in your natural environment is it climate change or just natural variability? #ISeeChange

#SoCal is getting hotter & drier. Is it natural variability or climate change? Help @KPCC answer that Q #ISeeChange