The Williston Conservation Commission has launched a wildlife observation and recording project through iNaturalist.org. Williston residents can now use iNaturalist.org to record the wildlife (plant and animal) you see in our town, meet other nature lovers, and learn about the natural world. Post your own sightings and see what others have already posted.
See or post wildlife sightings on INaturalist (PC/Mac):
- Go to https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/wildlife-observed-in-williston and bookmark it for future use.
- If this is your first time, click on “Join this Project” at the upper right of the page. Create a new account, using whichever format or method you choose (Facebook, Twitter, etc)
- Click on “add observations" in the banner photo.
- When signed in, the Add Observations page should appear. Fill in as many of the fields as you can, particularly the name of the animal/plant/fungus etc, as well as the time and place of the observation. You may click on the map to show the place. If you would prefer to hide the location, then click on “Change geoprivacy” below the map. If you click “Private” it will record, but hide the location. If you click “Obscure”, it will show your sighting in a variable random location.
- Add a photo! Game camera night photos are ok too.
- If you have additional information, click on “View all fields” and add the rest there.
- When you are finished, click on the blue button “Save Observation” on the lower left. That’s it!
If you want to see other Wildlife Observations sightings, scroll down to the bottom of the thumbnail pictures and click on the link that says “More Observations.” This will take you to the “Observations” page. Enter “Williston VT” into the Location Window and click on “Go.” This takes you to a map of the town with all the project sightings.
Click on your username in the upper right hand corner and scroll down to Logout.
Instructions for mobile device app:
- iNaturalist apps for phones and tablets can be downloaded from iTunes or Google Play.
- Once the app is installed, click on it to launch.
- To make an observation, click on green + button in bottom right
- Choose “Take Photo” if you haven’t taken photo yet, “Choose Image” if you have a photo in your phone’s gallery or “Skip Image
- Enter species name or press on the magnifying glass to search.
- Date and time should be synced with phone
- You can use phone’s GPS to add location
- To add additional info type text in “Brief description”
- Add to Williston Wildlife Project by pressing “Select Projects” and then select appropriate project.
- You can set geoprivacy to open, obscured or private.
To have Williston Wildlife Project added to your app:
- Tap on “My Observations” in upper left.
- Press the “Projects” button
- If in Williston you can press the “Nearby” button and The WWP will pop up to click to add. Or, you can enter Williston Wildlife Project into the search bar.
