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We love a primary source! iNaturalist is basically a user-led image database/map of realtime flora and fauna sightings. This is how I found out Green Wood Cemetery has a huge colony of skunks but no bats (and Prospect Park is crawling with bats but no Skunks??).

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Lida Richardson

@lidarichardsonJun 10, 2026

Oh cool!! I’ve seen skunks in Greenwood but I have also seen a bat there! Not to complicate things.

Gabriela Wilson

@gabywilsonJun 10, 2026

I have spent very minimal time in Green Wood unfortunately so I didn't know the skunks were a thing (only the parakeets) but iNaturalist was a fun way to find that out (was randomly searching animals!). And there are definitely bats in Green Wood but the side-by-side difference for both species when these parks are very geographically close is super interesting to me!

Lida Richardson

@lidarichardsonJun 10, 2026

No that’s super interesting! And I have only ever seen the one bat. Wish we could interview them about why they prefer certain parks

Briar

@briarwintersJun 11, 2026

I'm such a fan!

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