City Nature Challenge at Ijams Nature Center

Join naturalists and community experts at Ijams for the City Nature Challenge. Free, 2-hour workshops spanning tree ID, birding, wildflowers, amphibians, and more, it’s a weekend full of fun for everyone. Register online.

Participants MUST download the iNaturalist app on their phone and create a free account. We’ll be using the app during each workshop.

Schedule:
Spring Birding at 8am – Learn to identify bird species by sight and sound and discover resources to help with your birding journey. Register online.
Fungi, Ferns, & Mosses at 10am and 1pm – Learn the basics of fungi and lichen (and fern and moss) anatomy and identification, as well as their pivotal role in our ecosystems, all while using the iNaturalist app to make critical observations and be a community scientist. Register online.
Pollinator Palooza at 10am and 1pm – Learn respectful bug-catching practices, un-bee-lievable species facts, and how these amazing arthropods benefit our environment. Register online.
Underlog Discovery at 10am and 1pm – Join an Ijams naturalist to explore under logs and in the creeks and ponds of Ijams while searching for salamanders, bugs, worms, and other underground critters and macroinvertebrates that are often overlooked.
Trees & Flowering Plants at 10am and 1pm – Learn about different plant lineages, basic plant morphology, species profiles, and more. Register online. Register online.