During this “four-day BioBlitz” as worded by the Phenology Blog guidelines, I explored the UVM campus, the Intervale, and Centennial Woods. My most memorable observation was easy, I saw a beaver at the Intervale. I looked over and saw a big blob sitting on the opposite bank, and then saw it slowly move into the water and begin swimming. My most memorable and favorite observation by far, perhaps of this entire blog. Sadly, I had a bad experience with iNaturalist. I tried to upload the photos last night before the due date, but kept getting greeted with error messages, and was never able to submit my photos. So I didn’t love the app itself but the challenge was an incredibly fun experience. The photos I tried to submit to iNaturalist are below. What I found interesting when looking at the other participating cities was just how vast nature is, and that even near populated cities around the world you can find little pieces of that nature if you just look hard enough. It’s kind of heart warming.
