Three Fun Activities for Naturalists Both Young and Old

 Hi everyone! As I haven't written in a while, I am going to publish two posts. This one is about three fun activities for naturalists: both young and old, professional and unprofessional. They are all tried and true by me, so I hope you will something to suit you.

Zooniverse

I love, love, love this app! It's free at the App Store, and has something for everyone. Basically, it's a community science base, with tons of projects. My personal favorite are a group of projects titled Snapshot Safari where users are asked to identify images from a ton of different parks and reserves in Africa, in two different workflows. In the first workflow, users are simply asked to say whether or not their are any animals in the image. In the second workflow, users identify the animal/s in the image. After a certain amount of people have identified an animal as the same thing, the image is saved somewhere and the data used for scientific research. Its an awesome app - fun educational, and, plus, it helps science!

Window Wildlife

Pretty simple. I love this activity, because even people living in an apartment with no park near bye can do it. Basically just sit at your window and watch any wildlife you see - from the Mourning Doves on the wires, too the deer in the forest, to the fly buzzing around on you windowsill. Of course, you can always increase your chances of seeing wildlife. A bird seed, suet, or hummingbird feeder hung outside your window can attract lots of birds. A window box with flowers and possibly even some vegetables can attract lots of cool insects, like bees or butterflies. If you have Monarchs, you could even plant some milkweed to help them during their annual migration!

Wildearth

Wildearth is actually kind of like a TV show. Long story short, it's a live safari that streams form seven until ten in the morning every day on Youtube. It usually had about three to five different "guides", all from different parks and reserves in Africa. You get to see a lot of cool animals, and you can even ask questions in the Live Chat Box! I love watching this, although I rarely watch it all three hours long!

Okay everyone, I hope you learned something from that, and have a nice rest of your week! Watch for wildlife!

-Lili