Join the Burnaby Lake Park Association on guided walks to help you connect to nature in the environment around you.
Have you ever gone for a walk in the park and saw a cool looking insect, pretty flower or beautiful bird and you wondered what it was?
Sign up for a guided Nature Walk with a BLPA Guide to learn how to use some of the most popular nature apps to help identify what you have seen and connect to Nature! They will review how to make an observation using the app and offer tips and tricks to get the best identification for your nature encounters and keep track of them.
You will be able to go out and use the apps right away in the park and may “snap” a photo of many of the native species that BLPA volunteers have planted, and the year round and seasonal birds that have been observed at Burnaby Lake!
Our tent and display will be set up twice this month in front of the Nature House from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm:
- Sunday, August 13th
- Sunday, August 27th
There will be a session for iNaturalist and one for Merlin Bird ID/eBird on each day. For details and registration information, click on the dates above.
Spaces are limited. Guided walks are FREE but registration is required for each walk. When you register, The registration links above will provide full details on how to download the apps and set up your accounts so you are prepared for the day of the event.
What is iNaturalist?
- It is one of the world’s most popular nature apps
- It helps you identify the plants and animals around you.
What are Merlin and eBird?
- They are 2 of the world’s most popular birding apps
- The Merlin app helps you identify the birds around you – by sight or sound!
- eBird creates a checklist of the birds you have seen so you can track your observations
By recording and sharing your observations, you’ll create research quality data for scientists working to better understand and protect nature. Using these apps connects you to a community off over a million citizen scientists and naturalists who can help you learn more about nature!
You can take your skills with these apps with you! Whether you are going for a walk in your neighbourhood, on a hike in a provincial park or even travel to a different country thousands of kilometers away, these apps will help you identify the nature around you.
