Where to upload your observations
To upload an observation, start by registering for a free account on iNaturalist. If you're especially interested in birds and cetaceans, sign up with eBird Canada, Birds Canada or the BC Cetacean Sightings Network. You may also download the iNaturalist, eBird and WhaleReport apps on your mobile phone (available for both Android and iPhone). Use the Seek by iNaturalist app to identify your organisms before uploading to iNaturalist.
Check out our iNaturalist how-to guide to get started.
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Please visit our Resources pages for more tools and guides, including photography tips and bingo cards for some family fun, and our Events page for organized nature-reporting activities you can participate in!
More questions? See our FAQs.
iNaturalist is an international observer platform for all animal and plant observations.
eBird is dedicated to the collection of bird observations, showing bird distribution and abundance.
frogwatch is dedicated to collecting observations of frogs in Canada, and how they relate to climate change.
Birds Canada is another platform dedicated to collecting observations of wild birds in Canada.
The WhaleReportApp faciltiates the tracking of cetaceans on the coast of British Columbia.
Join B.C.'s Nature Challenge with the BC Parks Foundation

Simply find wildlife (or signs of wildlife)

Take a photo using a phone or digital camera
