I appreciated the BioBlitz on iNaturalist, because it pushed me to pay extra attention to what was around me as I when through my day. I was able to spot many different species, and it made me feel connected to the community. The BioBlitz was a great way to bring the community together.
The first location I found a lot of species was at Centennial woods on Saturday morning. I was bird watching for my biology class and I decided to BioBlitz while I was collecting my data. The project is based in bird ecology so I was able to identify bird species for the BioBlitz. There were a lot of chickadees and song sparrows. There was also goldfinches and a hairy woodpecker.
Above is the location where I was bird watching. Unfortunately I was too far away to get any good pictures of the birds themselves.
Not only only was I looking at the different bird species. I also decided to identify plants and other species I saw as I walked the trail.
The next place I did a lot of identifications was at the Spectacular Nature Day. This event was so much fun, and made it really easy yo BioBlitz.
Above are three of my favorite identifications. I used the iNaturalist to get the specific names of each of the species, but I also had many comments on my post to confirm my identifications.
We also did a lot of pond skimming during nature day. I was able to skim a pond, and the river at Intervals. The pond was full of tad pools, there were so many that the stagnant water seemed to have a current.
Another sighting we had was a bat circling over the pond. I had never seen a daytime bat in one place for so long. It would swoop down and skim the top of the water, probably catching bugs. It was so cool to watch.
And of course all weekend I kept my head down looking out for ants to identify!
