Lizzy Hendricks Phenology

           During the BioBlitz, I made observations as I walked around campus as well as on my trip to the beach at North Point. I really liked using iNaturalist, especially with the updated app. I felt like it was a lot easier to navigate, and the suggestions were a lot more intuitive to what a species may actually be if I wasn’t able to identify it myself. I documented 10 species in total, ranging from plants, to fungi, to insects and spiders. Although I didn’t end up making as many observations as I wanted due to time constraints on my part, I still thoroughly enjoyed getting outside and making the observations. I felt like I was more connected to nature as I was seeing everything around me as a possible observation in the days leading up to the challenge. On a global scale, I found it exciting how people around the world were doing the same thing as me: collecting observations on wildlife around them. Looking on iNaturalist, it was cool to see what pictures other people could get of their findings. I’m not a great photographer, so it was really impressive to see the great pictures taken during the BioBlitz.