During the City Nature Challenge, I spent most of my time near campus exploring centennial woods and the woods behind my dorm. I spent roughly two hours walking through Centennial Woods looking for some spots to stop and scope out some birds and other critters. There are a couple of bird feeders in the woods, so those were the best spots to sit and wait for some different species to stop by. I ended up finding a bunch of smaller creatures like a salamander under a log. Using iNaturalist was pretty easy, I was able to quickly observe by either recording or taking a photo and identify the exact species. I was able to identify roughly 22 different species throughout this challenge. I thought it was interesting finding all the different species around the globe. I particularly loved seeing the different pictures of insects more recently. I noticed a lot of bees in a lot of the observations which was very interesting to me due to how many different species I did see.
