Description

Join others throughout the Metro Vancouver Regional district who are participating in the City Nature Challenge, part of a global event to observe and record the biodiversity of living things! Help us to explore and share the incredible biodiversity of our area by observing nature all around us – birds, plants, butterflies, molluscs, trees, ferns and more! Join Nature Vancouver and all its partners in iNaturalist to help us record as many WILD plants and animals as possible throughout the district on land, in the air and in our marine environments.

Location

Great starting spot at Pipers spit (near the nature office and washrooms) for ducks, shorebirds and songbirds. From there we can take easy walking trails that have a variety of plants, butterflies and even the odd amphibian. Meet near the washrooms next to the parking area.

All you need to do is:

• Download iNaturalist to your iPhone or Android phone or your home computer,
• Make an observation using photos or sound recordings using either your smartphone or any regular camera,
• Upload Observations directly to iNaturalist through your phone, or from your computer through May 4th.

New to iNaturalist? Follow this link for some great tips on how to get started and how to become a better identifier: www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started

You may wish to bring a pair of binoculars or a hand lens if you have them.

Leader contact info: John Martin

john.martin@naturevancouver.ca

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