#//the pokedex app is inaturalist to me

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

Huh, the Pokédex app is kind of cool. It really is very clever to crowdsource all that data on Pokémon distribution, especially now that you can submit photos of sightings instead of just data from caught Pokémon.

You guys...probably already knew that, though...

[kafus]

if you want to look at what birds are in your area for birdwatching, try using Merlin BirdID and eBird. Both apps are from Cornell's bird center and are like irl pokedex for birbs. inaturalist and its companion app Seek are also useful for animal/plant/fungi ID. enjoy your irl pokedexes.

📝 📝 i think this was sent to me when i was asking for pain distractions and i forgot to answer but i remember now and i’m taking notes. posting in case anyone else wants these resources too

[casual-wizardry]

There's a great app that my biology teacher showed me called Seek, that identifies pretty much any living organism just by pointing your camera at it, and it gives you the first paragraph or so from its Wikipedia page. It's a little slow at identification sometimes, but I really like it. There are challenges every month (this month's was finding 10 different species of flowering plant), and you can also go back and do previous challenges if you're so inclined. It also keeps track of things that you've found and when you first found them like a pokedex, which I really like. There's also a partner app called iNaturalist (neither of these are limited to Apple devices), that has something to do with citizen science, and helping to get research level pictures of things, I think? I haven't actually used it, so I couldn't say for certain. I'm only recommending this because I actually really like it, and it's helped incentivise me to get outside more recently.

Go look at birds and bugs outside btw. It can save your life