During the four days of the BioBlitz in Burlington Vermont, I went back to McKenzie Park with some friends. I started near the Intervale area and made my way along the Winooski River all the way to Ethan Allen Holmstead. I had a very fun and easy time using Inaturalist, however, there were many more species than just the ones I captured. I find it is difficult to photograph many birds and butterflies because they move so much.
I photographed around 7 species total, between plants and animals. However, I saw many more than just that. I saw around 15 species of birds while I was in the area but my camera struggled to photograph them, and I saw many different ferns (but they weren’t very interesting).
Globally, I found Inaturalist very interesting as the variety of submissions was spectacular. As I really focused on birds, many other people focused much more on the woody species. I think the participation was great and I even got a few of my friends to participate!
