For the City Nature Challenge iNaturalist BioBlitz, I went to my phenology spot. This time I set up my hammock to spend more time observing what species I would come across.
I found iNaturalist confusing to use, but hopefully got the hang of it. I liked using it in the moment but had technical difficulties uploading it to our class project. Eventually I figured it out.
I encountered a few species, including a fiddlehead fern, garlic mustard, crows, black-capped chickadees (which I recorded sound of but unfortunately could not get a picture), and an ant on my way back. I noticed the longer I sat there the more birds I saw.
I find it interesting that Burlington (particularly me and my classmates postings) have less aquatic species than other cities. I think this could be due to the nature of Vermont being a landlocked state, which decreases the types of habitat and therefore biodiversity of species found here. I feel like the Lake probably has more to offer, or even its tributaries which are full of invertebrates like the ones we found at Potash Brook.
Here is some of the black-capped chickadee calls I heard: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114334073