Over the past 4 days, I participated in the urban BioBlitz as part of the City Nature challenge. On may first, I explored between the church street area and the waterfront. The majority of my findings this day were plants, and I compared the street trees found in different areas. As I walked along the water, wildlife emerged. I was met with seagulls and a couple loons diving for food.
For the following day of the celebration, I made my observations at rock point. Here, I was surrounded by the sounds of birds, which were really fun to record on the iNaturalist app. The sounds I uploaded were quickly identified by other users, which is what makes the app so useful. It is also extremely easy to use and navigate through, giving almost anyone the opportunity to learn about the dispersal of species populations across the planet. The highlight of my trip to rock point was the group of white tailed deer walking through the woods. I also find it interesting to look for smaller observations like fungi, because the variation within a small area can be incredibly vast.
An amazing part of the app is the ability to watch as real time data comes in from completely different geographical locations, as 400+ cities are involved. With extensive participation from Cape Town, I enjoyed looking through those observations and being introduced to species I wasn’t before aware of. I especially found the sea life observations fascinating. Certain species looked drastically different than the species I commonly see, which out into perspective the diversity of nature.
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