I greatly enjoyed participating in the city nature challenge this past week. I explored Centennial Woods as well as in and around the Intervale. I wish I had time to explore more of the greater Burlington area, but the city nature challenge was limited to days that I was pretty busy. INaturalist is probably one of my favorite apps. I love being able to feel like I understand my surroundings and the interface is so easy to use. Its identification skills are immensely helpful, however, I hope to get to a point where I can confidently identify things on my own. I was able to identify eleven different species, some of which I did not know existed in Burlington. Looking at the other cities participating, it was awesome to see how Burlington was doing per capita. I love how nature-focused this community is. I also loved seeing huge urban cities like Dallas and Hong Kong with such high numbers of observations. It is great to see that there are still ways to foster connections with nature when surrounded by man-made expanses.