Date: 04/25/2024
Start time: 4:30 pm
End time: 5:00 pm
Location: Loop from Patrick Gym, to UVM Horse Barn and coming back to Patrick Gym by East Terrace Street.
Weather: 12°C, Sunny, blue sky, some clouds
Habitats: Path between the golf court and the street protected by trees and then a neighborhood with houses and trees (angiosperms and a bit of conifer) on each side of the road.
Species list:
Habitat:
Park on a road off of spear street, Open feild marshland brush, lighly forested
Time and Date:
5:46 to 7:23 April 29th.
Location:
Burlington, VT.
Weather:
Partly cloudy, 50ish degrees
Found neat park on my run in between some neighborhoods. Chilled there until sunset.
Observations:
Great redwinged blackbird area, they seemed to be the most active today. I love there calls, they bring childhood nostaligia
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Date – 04/28/24
Start time – 1:00 pm
End time – 2:00 pm
Location – Centennial Woods Natural Area
Weather (temperature, wind speed/direction, precipitation) – About 62 degrees, 5 mph wind, partly cloudy with light rain.
Habitat(s) – Protected deciduous forest, stream habitat, coniferous forest
Date - 4/27/2024
Start time -10:55 AM
End time - 12:06 PM
Location - Redstone & Athletic Campus, pathways near Redstone Lofts, outskirts of the country club, and the Redstone Pines
Weather - 56 degrees, 12 mph wind, cloudy
Habitats - Mostly urban and some semi forest with lots of open space. Many small clusters of coniferous trees, and some individual deciduous trees.
What an impressive CNC team of citizen scientists we have this year!
Every single one of you are making this happen!
We have already passed the number of observers that we had last year (we're now at 1115!).
AND, we've just passed the number of different species observed (currently 2475!).
Great job! Keep it up! :)
Date: April 29th, 2024
Start time: 12pmish
End time: Around 1:00pm
Location: Redstone Green
Weather: Slightly Cloudy
Temperature: 50s
Wind: A bit breezy
Precipitation: none
Habitats: woodland edges, suburbs
I went birding at Mass Audubon's Habitat Education Center in Wildlife Sanctuary in Belmont, Massachusetts between 12:00 and 1:50 pm on 4/28. It was around 61 degrees Fahrenheit and cloudy. The was a variety of different habitats including evergreen forests, meadows, and some ponds.
Species:
Tufted Titmouse - 8
Carolina Wren- 2
Red-tailed Hawk- 1
Pine Warbler-3
American Goldfinch-2
House Wren- 6
American Robin- 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker-1
Tree Swallo...
Date: April 29, 2024
Start Time: 6:20 PM
End Time: 7:20 PM
Location: Area walked centered at North St. Burlington, VT 0540: Spanned from Converse Ct to Pomeroy St.
Weather: Cloudy, 50 degrees F, Wind 7mph South, 66% humidity
Habitat: Area walked spanned from very urban setting with lots of street traffic and fewer large trees to a quieter urban area with large bushes and higher tree density given the proximity to a graveyard which had more plant life and less human t...
4/27/2024
Start: 7:30 AM
End: 11:00 AM
52 Degrees, mostly clear, slightly windy
VT Audubon Center
Wide variety from swampy area, open fields, forests
Canada Goose
Common Merganser
Wild Turkey
American Woodcock
Spotted Sandpiper
Great Blue Heron
Belted Kingfisher
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tree Swallow
Eastern Bluebird
Winter Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
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Habitat(s) - secondary growth forest, sugar maples, eastern white pines, and edge habitat shrubs are most
abundant, partly boggy and along a stream
Species Observed by Sight:
Start time: 16:38
End Time: 17:52
Date: 4/29/2024
Location: Centennial Woods
Weather: 52 F, 6 mph south wind, partly cloudy
Habitat: Mixed hardwood forest with some mature Eastern White Pine stands
Date - 3/6/24
Start time - 10:40
End time - 11:42
Location - Centennial Woods
Weather (temperature, wind speed/direction, precipitation) - 44 degrees Fahrenheit, gray cloudy skies, gradually got clearer.
Habitat(s) - Deciduous forest but with several interspersed hemlock groves. Also marshy area by the river.
Last bird journal! Almost sad, but not that sad because I will not miss having to fight inaturalist to record sounds.
As of right now, we're approaching the number of observations we had last year. Will we reach our goal of 25,000?
There's still plenty of time to do that! Now's the time to ask your friends and neighbors to make a few observations before midnight!
As of right now, we have exactly the same number of CNC observers as in 2023 (1098), so let's get some more of our community in on the fun! Who knows? One of them might be the person to find a rare or unknown species.
An...
Johanna Hamilton
4/29/24, 12:30-1:30 PM
Weather: slightly cloudy, 50 degrees, low wind
Habitat: suburban back yard
Today I sat in my backyard for a bit after class while I ate lunch. It was pleasant weather for a sweatshirt, but I felt a storm or rain could be coming. My backyard borders the backyards from the street over, as well as my neighbors. This makes for a pretty nice open area to watch birds. All of my neighbors have feeders in their yard, and it is a quieter...
4/29/2024
Start time: 5:45 am
End time: 7:00 am
Location: Centennial Woods
Weather: 45°F, cloudy, 10mph NNW winds
Habitat: interior forest, forest edge, bird feeders
Wow - another day when rain was forecast, but we had mostly sunny skies, and the temps soared into the 70s with very high humidity. It felt like July!
But how grateful we were, for the insects were out (so many queen bees), and we even found our first snakes of the year (including an apparent hibernaculum where a whole bunch of them were emerging).
Warblers sang, grouse drummed, frogs and toads were calling - it was beautiful.
Even slogging through flooded trai...
My iNaturalist app is wonky. Lost photos/audio recordings on my phone during upload. Sorry if you're clicking on empty data, but I swear, it was there when I started the upload. Uninstalled and reinstalled, and now it's taking forever to upload a dozen new observations. I will delete the photo/audio-less uploads when this upload is finished.
On the silver linings front: I learned I can import a sound recording from Merlin!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to (an improved on my end) CN...
Date: 4/25/2024
Time: 4:15pm-5:15pm
Location: Centennial Woods Natural Area
Weather: Sunny, 46 degrees F, slight breeze
Habitat: Mixed deciduous/hardwood medium growth forest - low volume stream/wetland area
Observation list:
Date: April 29, 2024
Start Time: 12:00 PM
End Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Bolton Dome
Weather: Partially cloudy, warm temperature, 52°F, light breeze from the northwest
Habitat: Mixed Forest: Red Spruce, Balsam Fir, Eastern White Pine, Red Pine, Red Maple, Sugar Maple, Northern Red Oak, Paper birch, Yellow Birch, American Beech
Observations:
Date: April 29nd, 2024
Start Time: 9:30 am
End Time: 10:00 am
Location: Parking lot of Jeanne Mance
Weather: Day high of 57 degrees, low of 43 degrees. Its a calm day. The morning started with light rain and it was warm, muggy, and cloudy for the rest of the day.
Habitat: Urban landscape, the parking lot of Jeanne Mance on Pearl street. There's a big grassy backyard to one side, two smaller backyards with trees, and a small woody patch of old hardwood trees.
Date: 04/29/2024
Start time: 11:00 AM
End time: 12:00 PM
Location: Urban Reserve, Island Line Trail (Burlington bike path)
Weather: Temp - 47℉, Wind - 10 mph, Precipitation - none, complete cloud cover
Habitat(s): lakeside and dense forest, rich habitat ideal for waterfowl on the lake and a variety of woodland birds within towering trees.
Species List:
*Carolina Wren (sound only)
*Northern Cardinal
*Tufted Titmouse (sound only)
*Black-capp...
Emma Brophy
Date: 4/29/24
Start time: 4:30pm
End time: 5:30pm
Location: S Williams St, Burlington VT
Weather: 53° F, 6mph with 13 gusts NNW, partially cloudy, no precipitation.
Habitat: Residential area, backyard, shrubs, and old tall trees.
Species:
3 Common Grackle
1 Mourning Dove
2 American Robins
3 Red-breasted Nuthatches
4 House Sparrows
1 House Finch
1 European Starling
2 Black-capped Chickadees
The four-day observation period of the City Nature Challenge is almost over, but you have till midnight tonight to make more observations if you really can't resist just one (or two) more. The warm weather today and yesterday really pushed spring along - it seemed as though American Redstarts, Gray Catbirds, and House Wrens arrived overnight, and so many more wildflowers were blooming on Monday than Friday. Even American Toads had started trilling this afternoon on our field trip to the...
Scarlet globemallow, known charmingly as cowboy’s delight, or scientifically as Sphaeralcea coccinea, is a beautiful prairie flower to look for this spring.
Cowboy’s delight is in the Malvaceae or mallow family—which is composed of plants like hibiscus, mallow, hollyhock, okra, and even cacao (where chocolate comes from)! The Malvaceae family is characterized as mucilaginous plants with flowers that have numerous stamens fused into a central column (a great example is th...
We have four 'Ask an Expert' sessions planned at The Nature Lab to help you in the next phase of the City Nature Challenge.
The Nature Lab is on Climate Action Campus, 180 Avonside Drive, in S Block. The Lab will be open from 3pm-6pm each day for four days.
Microscopes are set up to support looking at some of the tiny things collected and other tools will be available to help you get a good photo.
Experts on duty are:
Tues...
Well done with the record-breaking number of observations for the Wellington region!
While the observing period has now finished, it is still possible to upload any observations made during 26-29 April until 5 May. The earlier observations are uploaded, the better chance they will be identified.
On behalf of participants in the Wellington region’s Ci...
For these observations, I went to Laplatte River Marsh Natural Area on April 29th from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. I walked along the trail and sat at the bench observing the marsh. The habitat consisted of shrubs surrounding the water with some coniferous and deciduous trees which bordered the trail. It was a cloudy day with a temperature of 53 degrees Fahrenheit with minimal wind.
Date: 04-29-2024
Start Time: 4:38 pm
End time: 5:29 pm
Location: Burlington Bike Path
Weather: The weather today was mostly cloudy, with the occasional peak through sunshine. The high for the day was 57 degrees, but when I went it was around 53, feeling like 51. There was not much wind.
Habitat: Some trees along one side of the path, some dried with no leaves, some growing buds. There were some coniferous trees lining the path I was on. The ground was pretty clear, wi...
Dear all,
In a few minutes, the main part of the challenge will be over. I'm really happy that we have so many nice findings and I really enjoy to spend this weekend taking photos of Krakow nature.
But there is a lot of work to do. Now, you can going to submit your observations and identify groups that you like. The deadline for submitting is 06/05/2024 at 9 am and after this time the observation will not be counted into the challenge.
Traditionally, a short stat...
Une photo d'une fleur vue de dessus est souvent la seule image que récoltent les amateurs souhaitant mettre un nom sur une fleur qu'ils ou elles auront vue.
Malheureusement, cette seule information est généralement insuffisante pour déterminer l'espèce à laquelle appartient la plante. Dans certains cas il est même impossible de déterminer le genre et on ne peut parfois que faire une identification au niveau de la famille ou d'un échelon taxonomique intermédiaire comme la tribu ou...
