For my experience in the City Nature Challenge, I mainly explored the UVM campus and Centennial Woods. I really enjoyed using iNaturalist, especially because of the AI feature that helps you to identify species. This, combined with the help of identifiers, helped me learn many common plant species that I had somehow never noticed. I observed 117 species total, most of which were plants and birds. I found it interesting that cities like Capetown consistently get tens of thousands of observations. I assume that Capetown has a large population of environmentalists and/or advertises the City Nature Challenge very effectively.
