The City Nature Challenge iNaturalist BioBlitz was a very fun experience. It was fun to be extra aware of my surroundings on campus. During the BioBlitz I explored red stone pines and campus. I was unable to explore more of the Greater Burlington area during this short amount of time.
It was very easy to use iNaturalist when identifying species. If I did not know a species I was given many different suggestions on what it might be. It made it easy to go through different examples and narrow down what they might be. Although I did not personally record many things, I helped my friends who recorded a lot. We encountered around 91 different species as a group. I found it very interesting how much species diversity that can be found all over the world. I found a pattern of very similar species in the cities in New England and on the east coast. When comparing Burlington and Pittsburgh, there were many similar species found. I really enjoyed the competition and how many different things we could find on campus. Although our group didn’t win, it was still a lot of fun to participate with my friends.
