I was able to explore most of Centennial woods on a very nice walk. I saw a bunch of wildlife and a number of different species of plants, animals and fungi. I took a bunch of pictures but these two are my favorites. One is a Dark Paper Wasp which is very common in Vermont, and the other is a Robin.
My experience using iNaturalist was good, I didn’t use it as much as I should have but it was very enjoyable and a pleasant experience overall. I only used it once or twice to help me identify but every time that I used it, it worked well and gave me accurate results. For me personally I found the amount of different species reported in NYC surprising. I tend to think of cities as mostly devoid of species diversity and just seeing how many different species were in NYC surprised me the most. As well as the postings from Ukraine. Seeing as they are currently engaged in conflict I wouldn’t have assumed that they would be participating in work like this.