i explored oakledge park like always for the city nature challenge. my most memorable observation oddly enough was passing by the university of vermont sign on my way and seeing around 30 seagulls just hanging out on the open lawn space. my experience using iNaturalist went very smoothly mostly because i have used lots of apps like that in the past to identify species of trees and different plants. the one i typically use is called picture this where you just take a picture of the plant and it tells you what it is. i included screenshots from the picture this app. i found it easier to use that app to identify and then upload the picture to iNaturalist because i already knew how to use the other app. i found it interesting just how many people participated in some other cities. for example, cape town! i had originally thought that the city nature challenge was just in burlington and then just in the united states. i was shocked that it was such a variety of cities and such large participation. i was very impressed however and it was cool that i got to be a part of it.
