One 2-hour class and one 4-hour field trip
Class: Tuesday, November 12, 7-9 pm
Field Trip: Sunday, November 17, 8 am-noon
Save Mount Diablo office in Walnut Creek (maximum 15 participants)
Cost: $25 MDAS members and $30 non-members

Class Description: Naturalist and nature videographer Kendall Oei will convert you into an active, and interactive, citizen scientist in 90 minutes. An early adaptor to the revolutionary digital app, iNaturalist, developed by Bay Area naturalists and now used globally, Kendall will walk us through the iNaturalist website and the phone app, showing us how we can each become a resource to science. iNaturalist is all these things: a place to record nature observations, an in-depth nature guide—it is great for local sightings—and a source of deep enjoyment. Kendall’s presentation will also be a workshop, so bring your phone or laptop if you want to participate, along with some recent photos you have taken. He will show you how to post and annotate them. It is easy and it adds your observations to the joint record for all to access. Before the date, create an iNaturalist account by going to www.inaturalist.org/, and download the app in your phone’s app store. It is free.

Instructor Bio: Kendall moved to the Bay Area in 1994 from Southern California, where he grew up. He fell in love immediately with the open spaces here, and took up photography so he could show his family and friends the things he saw on weekend hikes. Photography led him to his current passion for nature videography. As part of his quest to document the beauty and wonders in our area, he needed a resource to help identify the flora and fauna in his videos. That is when he discovered iNaturalist. See one of Kendall’s most recent Mount Diablo films here: Kendall Oei

To enroll in this class, please select Member or Non-Member below and click ENROLL. You will be forwarded to PayPal to complete your payment.