{"id":78,"date":"2022-05-02T08:20:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jcpolvin\/?p=78"},"modified":"2022-05-02T08:20:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:20:03","slug":"bioblitz-in-burlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jcpolvin\/2022\/05\/02\/bioblitz-in-burlington\/","title":{"rendered":"BioBlitz in Burlington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above is the location where I was bird watching. Unfortunately I was too far away to get any good pictures of the birds themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leathered Sphinx<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Raccoon Track<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Deirochelyine Turtle <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Intervale Pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And of course all weekend I kept my head down looking out for ants to identify!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carpenter Ant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Large Ant Colony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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