{"id":81,"date":"2025-04-28T15:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/?p=81"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:14:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:14:29","slug":"city-nature-challenge-inaturalist-bioblitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/2025\/04\/28\/city-nature-challenge-inaturalist-bioblitz\/","title":{"rendered":"City Nature Challenge iNaturalist BioBlitz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Using iNaturalist is nothing I&#8217;m new to. I have worked with the app on previous blog posts, and have gotten quite used to the interface. All I have to do is open the app, take a picture of wildlife, and it will suggest labels for it. That&#8217;s when the problem occurred. A large majority of the pictures I took were wrongfully identified, so I had to personally look up Vermont plant species in order to correctly label them. This wasn&#8217;t bothersome for me, but it goes to show how little I trust AI to identify plants; it should be a human job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6860-1-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6860-1-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6860-1-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6860-1-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6860-1-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6860-1-1-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6860-1-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6858-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6858-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6858-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6858-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6858-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6858-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6858-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"87\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6857-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6857-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6857-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6857-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6857-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6857-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6857-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Observing Red Rocks Park&#8230;. With a Different Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">When visiting the personally remarked Red Rocks, I would go in with the purpose of finding my one particular place and look at the area around there. I had associated Red Rocks with a simple 15 square foot area, when I knew there was more to look at. This pervious excursion was the first time I really looked at the things the park has to offer. I&#8217;m incredibly proud that I didn&#8217;t overlook the wildlife there, I took the time to look for things I hadn&#8217;t seen and include them in a collaborative observation project on iNaturalist.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6859-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6859-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6859-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6859-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6859-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6859-1-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6859-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-92\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6854-edited-scaled.jpeg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6854-edited-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6854-edited-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6854-edited-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6854-edited-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6854-edited-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_6854-edited-1568x2090.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">The iNaturalist Experience<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">This was not my first time using iNaturalist. There are many mentions of the app in other sections of my blog, and I&#8217;ve even taught my family how to use it so they can log their nature findings! It is safe to say that I love using iNaturalist. Taking pictures and getting suggestions is great. I seldomly find it unhelpful, but when it&#8217;s wrong, the picture typically has too much going on or it&#8217;s blurry. I know there are many people all across the world who use iNaturalist, and I took the time to look at ones that seemed interesting to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Philadelphia<\/strong> saw few observations, but most of them are towards the edges of the impervious cityscape. Flowers, small mammals, and home grown plants were the most common things seen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Paris<\/strong>, being the European city it is, had many more areas built to support islands of biodiversity. Most of the observed species were small insects, urban tree species, and flowers able to grow in poor soil conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Andes Mountains<\/strong> are fabulously tall, supporting only certain species. Most of these are incredible native flowers, birds, and large insects. I was surprised to see how many observations were made in such a place with limited access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southburlingtonvt.gov\/Facilities\/Facility\/Details\/Red-Rocks-Park-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/redrocksstolen.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/redrocksstolen.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/redrocksstolen-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/files\/2025\/04\/redrocksstolen-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>If you care to learn more about Red Rocks, please visit their site attacked to this photo. It&#8217;s one of the many biodiversity hotspots in the greater Burlington area!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using iNaturalist is nothing I&#8217;m new to. I have worked with the app on previous blog posts, and have gotten quite used to the interface. All I have to do is open the app, take a picture of wildlife, and it will suggest labels for it. That&#8217;s when the problem occurred. A large majority of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/2025\/04\/28\/city-nature-challenge-inaturalist-bioblitz\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City Nature Challenge iNaturalist BioBlitz&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9927,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-semester-2025","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"nsapovit","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/author\/nsapovit\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nsapovit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}