{"id":203,"date":"2025-04-28T20:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/achan4\/?p=203"},"modified":"2025-05-04T17:22:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T21:22:17","slug":"update-4-april-28th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/achan4\/2025\/04\/28\/update-4-april-28th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Update #4 – April 28th, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is my first time participating in the City Nature Challenge, and I think Burlington is the best place I could’ve been introduced to it! For the bulk of my BioBlitzing, I went to the Intervale community event on Sunday the 27th and identified the plants I saw walking around. Here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I saw a lot of Ostrich Fern<\/strong> along the Calkins trail, and even planted some myself! The Intervale is trying to rehabilitate the Ostrich Fern population and improve the forest’s ground cover.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Above are a series of Maples<\/strong>; the first two are Boxelder Maples<\/strong>, but I’m not 100% sure what the last one is. I think it might be a Red. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I also saw some lovely old Eastern Cottonwood<\/strong> (left) and what I think is a Dogwood<\/strong> (middle, right), perhaps Red Osier or Silky. Cottonwood has become one of my favorite trees lately, as the deep furrows make it easy to spot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The challenge inspired me to do some ID-ing going about my day on campus as well, and I identified some of the cultivated plants that have started blooming in this warmer weather. In order from right to left and top to bottom, these are Magnolias<\/strong>, a Tulip<\/strong>, Weeping Cherry<\/strong>, and an Eastern Redbud<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In total, I identified 6 unique species and made 15 observations during the City Nature Challenge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exploring the iNaturalist site, I decided to look at my hometown’s input to the challenge. It was interesting to see that they had a lot of the same common species that we do in Burlington, like Garlic Mustard<\/strong> and Greater Celandine<\/strong>, though they didn’t have nearly as many birds observed. It makes sense, since there’s really only a handful of places where larger bird populations can live in NYC, but it’s not something I would’ve realized without looking at it for myself. I also looked at Hong Kong, where my dad is from. HK has a completely different climate, and its observed species clearly reflect that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above are a Chinese Hibiscus<\/strong>, Beautiful Bougainvillea<\/strong> and a Eurasian Tree Sparrow<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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