#my PHOTOS ON INATURALIST

[mosscrab]

saying I've been added to an invasive species group was really just setting myself up wasn't it

[amphibianaday]

day 1421

[hawkpartys]

Eudryas brevipennis

another lucky find with only 21 observations worldwide on iNaturalist

[thethingything]

I've spent so much time IDing things on iNat over the last few days that now when I see random photos of creatures on here I start mentally sorting them into the lowest taxonomic category I can identify them as being in before realising there's no button to suggest an ID because this is Tumblr not iNaturalist

[aldercaps]

no matter what the cemetery mushrooms will always be there for me

(russulas, amanita, entolomas and boletes all within 15 metres of each other)

[jenfoundabug]

Skippers are so freakin cute 🥰

Burnsius communis (common checkered skipper), Northern California

Blehhh 😛

[miyrumiyru]

Pair of cute bumble bees!

... still cute bees (/▽＼)

Fiery-tailed Bumble Bee observation by Nan Yang on iNaturalist (CC BY-NC)

[spinus-pinus]

Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis

5/17/2024 Spokane County, Washington

Andrew Thomas via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC

[ornithological]

just saw a pair of goosanders! only my second time seeing them, and my first time seeing a male

[vuelode-irbis]

I saw my favorite bird out in the wild, free, unexpectedly, during a short break from work, and couldn't get a photo because I had previously decided I wouldn't need my phone! So I made a comic.

[ID: scans of a comic colored digitally. The first panel features an anthropomorphic cat with a blue jacket, who stands in the middle of some stairs that are surrounded by lots of vegetation. In the second panel, the cat is shown looking up and twisting its mouth, distracted; in the third panel, they look towards a blurred shadow that is passing by them, surprised. Fourth panel shows a keel-billed toucan, perched on a branch, fully colored and also surrounded by green. In the fifth panel, the cat is seen from the front with his mouth open and wide eyes, they're thinking "I didn't bring my phone...", "A toucan!", "It's a toucan!", "And I didn't bring my phone!", the bird has turned its head in the next panel, and white sparkle comes from behind it to show how great that finding is. The next panel is closer to the cat's eyes, which shine with wonder; and the toucan is still brightly showcased in the next panel. The following one shows the general shot from the first panel, the cat now looking across the trees towards the perched toucan, while saying "Holy shit". In the last three panels, the toucan flies away, the cat keeps looking at it and then puts her hands on her head, her face frowning, and says out loud "Nobody is going to believe us...". End ID.]

[patbingchuuu]

[quigley-in-the-wild]

So today I was down by the neighborhood pond and spotted some ducklings! Aaaaand about a minute later, so did a red-shouldered hawk! RIP baby duck, I hope you tasted good

[hawkpartys]

Six-spotted Orbweaver (Araniella displicata)

[zibaldone-di-pensieri]

Beautiful 🥰

[thethingything]

I find it funny that half our iNat IDs are stuff like us going "you can tell from the lack of checkering on the wing fringe that this is actually P. icarus, not P. bellargus" while the other half are us going through unknown observations and going "well that sure is a plant. hopefully someone who knows plants will see it after I add this ID"

[noncompliantcyborg]

First Observation for this siphonophore species on iNaturalist! Dimophyes arctica

Found this beautiful siphonophore the other night and got the exciting honor of being the first observation for it on iNaturalist. I almost didn't bring my camera that night but I'm so glad I did. (It is so hard to get good pics on a moving dock in the dark and this guy was so little - I'd say the nectophore was less than 1 cm).

If you wanna watch a video of how it moves - you can find that here: https://youtu.be/f2cnCMtm6iU