Join us in an exciting inventory of birds found at Glen Helen Nature Preserve! Learn more about the many birds that share more than 1000 acres of preserved land in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Don’t forget to bring your smart phone and a sense of adventure! This project draws together observations of all category of arachnids observed by visitors within the borders of Glen Helen. Please note that sound may be included with your photo or you may list a sound clip (insect sound) only. Please see directions below for including sound.

** All observations must take place from designated trails within the bounds of Glen Helen. Please do not deviate from from the trail for any reason; leaving the trail puts hikers at a high risk of injury and increases damage to the preserve.

The Glen Helen Nature Shop offers field guides to help you identify birds commonly found at the preserve.

We encourage involvement by all visitors to Glen Helen, child through adult, experienced scientists to citizen scientists, all are welcome to take part! Please help us to inventory, identify, and document as many species as possible.

Thank you for your help! For more information on Glen Helen Nature Preserve, please visit www.glenhelen.org. Also find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/glenhelen), Twitter (www.twitter.com/glen_helen_ , and Instagram (#Glen_Helen_)

Sound Cloud Information:

You can now document observations by recording sounds. Currently, you have to upload your recording to SoundCloud, and then add the recording to the observation on iNaturalist.

Please follow these steps when adding a sound to an observation:

1. Sign up for a SoundCloud account at www.soundcloud.com
2. Link your iNaturalist account to SoundCloud. There is a link to connect to SoundCloud under "Your profile" => "Edit your your profile". If you are not linked to SoundCloud, you will be prompted to link to SoundCloud when you add a sound to an observation.
3. Record a sound in the field.
4. Add an observation with location and date (preferably also with time). Click on “Add sounds” in the upper right hand corner.
5. You should see a list of your sounds on SoundCloud. Click on the box next to your sound recording, and then “Save observation” at the bottom of the page.

Remember, you can post sounds in addition to photographs or based on sounds alone.

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