Pages Tagged “iNaturalist”
Reviews
- iNaturalist ★★★★★ A citizen science project for reporting and identifying wildlife observations, plus a phone app for use ‘in the field.’ Think of it as Pokémon Go for real animals and plants.
Blog Posts
- Have You Confused Your iNat Lately?
I confused the iNaturalist identification AI with some random snapshots from a trip up into the mountains a few years back. Normally it’s pretty good at narrowing things down to a family or genus. In this case, I was aiming for scenery and family snapshots at the time, so they weren’t exactly ideal for plant […]
- When the birds hit the street looking for food to eat…
Of course my 2000th observation posted to iNaturalist would be the Goodfeathers!
- No Ducks Past the Yellow Tape!
While some cities around here have only closed playgrounds and sports facilities at their parks, Manhattan Beach has closed their parks outright. Polliwog Park has a large pond year-round that attracts ducks, geese, coots, herons and more, plus the local gulls and pigeons that wander by. But the park has been literally wrapped in caution […]
- Hawk or Dove?
Usually, iNaturalist’s AI is pretty good at narrowing down a plant or animal to a genus, but sometimes it can get confused. Like this pigeon sitting on a silk floss tree branch. It was “pretty sure” it was a hawk. Um, nope! I can sort of see that with the first image, but the second […]