{"id":145,"date":"2021-05-03T19:01:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T23:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lhaigh\/?p=145"},"modified":"2021-05-03T19:01:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T23:01:42","slug":"city-nature-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lhaigh\/2021\/05\/03\/city-nature-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"City Nature Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 30 marks the beginning of the City Nature Challenge, a friendly competition between cities all over the world to observe biodiversity in urban landscapes. I was pleased to participate in Spectacular Day, a celebration between Burlington and Winooski to appreciate the natural world, and exhibit reciprocity by planting native species and harvesting invasives. This celebration took place in the Intervale, a species-rich region that boasts a silver maple floodplain forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Willow Tree Near The Intervale Entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This beautiful Willow tree provides shade to a pond containing turtles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canada Plum Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fiddlehead Fern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fiddlehead of an ostrich fern, a staple of the floodplain forest, begins to unravel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eastern Boxelder Bug<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

An Eastern Boxelder Bug scurries up a friend’s hand. As the name implies, these critters are often found on or around Boxelder trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using iNaturalist was a convenient way to identify and catalog species of flora and fauna. I enjoyed the team feature and thought that the interface was perfect to support competition between lab groups. I also appreciated how accessible global data was. It was interesting to see the numbers of people, species, and observations, however, I wish there was a way to find more details about each cities findings. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed participating in Spectacular Day and contributing to the Burlington-Winooski area biodiversity catalog. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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