Hello Merck Forest BioBlitzers! We’re 12 days away from Merck Forest’s 3rdAnnual BioBlitz, and today we are going to overview how to use iNaturalist for BioBlitz purposes. This post assumes you already have an iNaturalist account and have joined the Merck Forest BioBlitz 2021 iNaturalist project page. If you still have questions about what iNaturalist is or how to sign up, check out this Merck Forest Facebook post.
So, you have an iNaturalist account and have joined our project. You show up to the BioBlitz at Merck Forest on Saturday, July 24th, and you see a patch of beautiful pink flowers. You pull out your phone and snap a picture up close and of the whole patch.
Now what?
Let’s use this example of an observation of a Common Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, made by Merck Forest’s Conservation Intern, Max.
Because you’ve already joined the iNaturalist project, the observation will automatically be saved to the Merck Forest BioBlitz 2021 effort. It will be used to assess how many observations and species were found on the property this year, and it could be used by researchers all over the world!
We hope to see you on Saturday, July 24th and Sunday, July 25th for Merck Forest BioBlitz 2021!
Links
Merck Forest Website Event Page
Merck Forest Registration Page
iNaturalist Project Page
Facebook Event Page
Photographs: © Max Miley - some rights reserved - (CC BY-NC)
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