For this 4-day urban BioBlitz, I explored East Park and the Intervale Center.
I learned a lot about the process of recording species on iNaturalist but did not personally record any on my phone. I was always with people who recorded the species and did not want to double count a singular species. We always made sure to designate one person to record the species.
I think we found around 20 species between the 2 sites. We found garter snakes, crayfish, stonefly larvae, mayfly larvae, dragonfly larvae, wood frogs, ducks, painted turtles, snapping turtles, water striders, water beetle, leech, minnows, baby catfish, snails, earthworms, northern cardinals, tufted titmouse, and American robin. We couldn’t determine many of their exact species but we identified quite a few.
I did some research on Sydney BioBlitz and found it very interesting that they had over 1,000 species found and the most popular species found was a ghost fungus.
