This week I participated in the City Nature Challenge iNaturalist BioBlitz in the greater Burlington area. I have always enjoyed using iNaturalist and haven’t had any problems. I think it is a great way to track natural activity especially in the spring while tracking phenology.
While participating in this challenge I noticed that many of my peers in the lab group posted very similar plant and animal species even if they were in a different location than me. This just shows that we are all experiencing the same phenophase even though we aren’t in the exact same location. It is so beautiful to experience these wonderful spring changes.
Internationally there is a lot of biodiversity which is expected but still very cool. Most of the wildlife spans from ocean-side creatures to desert animals.
I had a total of 27 observations for this challenge and my group came up with around 800 observations. All of my observations were made around campus or Centennial Forest.
