During the week of the Bio Blitz Challenge, I mainly explored all over campus from Redstone down to Centennial Woods. I did go into the city of Burlington too but it was in the evening and it started to get dark fast which made it hard to document using the iNaturalist app due to the photo quality being too dark. This challenge allowed me to open my eyes and see all of the plants starting to bud for the spring. While taking pictures of the plants, trees, and flowers, on iNatrualist it was a very positive experience however I feel like I can connect more to nature when not using the app and trying to figure it out on my own. While exploring I saw a number of flowers blooming such as Dandelions, Tulips and Daffodils. I also noticed lots of tree buds starting to pop. Most focal species such as Sugarmaples, American Beech, Oak, ect are all starting to either bud or starting to flower. I am not exactly sure the amount of species I saw however it was a lot. From the gardens around campus where flowers have been planted in, to natural plants blooming I saw it all. I found it interesting that places of the same elevation had similar reports however in higher elevations the blooms are further behind due to the temperature.
