{"id":98,"date":"2021-05-03T18:23:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T22:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/?p=98"},"modified":"2021-05-03T18:23:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T22:23:57","slug":"city-nature-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/2021\/05\/03\/city-nature-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"City Nature Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This city nature challenge, I explored around campus, down Main street, and around Lake Champlain. Although I didn’t run into too many shocking observations, I had a really good time looking around more urban areas of Burlington and documenting the wildlife present. I liked the challenge because it made me more aware of my surroundings; instead of just walking to the dining hall, I was paying more attention to what species of grasses and flowers were growing on the ground next to me, or kept my eyes on the sky searching for birds. I especially appreciated doing the challenge in spring, as I picked up on more seasonal changes than I would have otherwise. When I was little, my parents and I would go out looking for as many “signs of spring” as possible. Doing this challenge was the first time in a while that I remember going out specifically in search of signs of spring, and it reminded me why I loved doing it with my parents so much when I was little. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My experience using INaturalist was pretty positive. I found it relatively easy to use, and I liked how I could upload photos from my camera roll directly. I also thought it was really helpful that INaturalist recommended species for the photos, as I oftentimes didn’t know the exact answer or the scientific name. I found it relatively confusing to join my lab group, but after an email from Greta, I’m relatively sure that I was able to successfully log my observations under our group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking at observations from around the world was a really interesting way to see species that I usually don’t. For example, I really enjoyed some of the marine species observed, such as bay barnacles and the Atlantic Blue Crab. I also really enjoyed some of the bird species, such as the Glittering-bellied Emerald hummingbird seen Brazil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image of my lab group’s observations on a map. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Attached above is a photo of my lab group’s observations. I thought it was really interesting to explore all of the different species recorded in different areas, especially the ones in areas I haven’t been to very much (for example, Malletts Bay). It was also interesting to look through all of the observations closer to campus and get a better understanding of what species are seen on the daily right by where we live. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This city nature challenge, I explored around campus, down Main street, and around Lake Champlain. Although I didn’t run into too many shocking observations, I had a really good time looking around more urban areas of Burlington and documenting the wildlife present. I liked the challenge because it made me more aware of my surroundings; … Continue reading City Nature Challenge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6256,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-featured-image"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"ewetsel","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/author\/ewetsel\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}