{"id":40,"date":"2025-04-28T20:59:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jlpreble\/?p=40"},"modified":"2025-04-28T20:59:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:59:52","slug":"city-nature-challenge-inaturalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jlpreble\/2025\/04\/28\/city-nature-challenge-inaturalist\/","title":{"rendered":"City Nature Challenge iNaturalist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During the 4 day urban BioBlitz, I chose to stay on campus and identify some of the species located here. UVM campus is a very urban environment with all of the buildings so close together. It is also a big section of Burlington. My observations are mostly from Redstone and Athletic Campus as there is a lot of species that reside there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using iNaturalist was very simple and not hard to get the hang of. I have been using it for the past semester for other assignments in NR1020. The only issue that I had was joining the project of the City Nature Challenge but as soon as the links were posted on Brightspace my issue was solved I found that it was very easy to mark my location and if I was confused on a species it offered suggestions. This program is a great tool and I would recommend it to anyone. It is super fun to just play around on and identify species around you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above is a map of campus, marked in red are the area where I identified a species. The 3 dots next to Wing\/Davis\/Wilks are a collection of hardwood trees. There are 2 red maples and what I believe to a mature basswood. The texture basswood bark and buds are an exact match for the species, but I was a little skeptical due to the shade of the bark. The marking right past Coolidge Hall, I determined to be an American Elm due to the flowers on the branches. To the back of Harris\/Millis there was a mature Eastern White Pine easily identified due to the pine cone and needle shapes. Traveling back towards Redstone Campus, there is a collection of conifers called Redstone Pines. I identified another Eastern White Pine by there (shown below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Being able to see that people are observing species all around the world right now made me feel like I was one part of a bigger picture. I found out that this happens at my neighborhood back in Massachusetts. I have never heard of this and its amazing how so many people can come together for this. I would never know that Honeysuckle is so prominent back home, but according to all of the observations on iNaturalist, it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During the 4 day urban BioBlitz, I chose to stay on campus and identify some of the species located here. UVM campus is a very urban environment with all of the buildings so close together. It is also a big section of Burlington. My observations are mostly from Redstone and Athletic Campus as there is … <\/p>\n

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