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Diane Porter's avatar

Nice write-up. I'm going to take another look at iNaturalist and see if I can figure out how to use it. I've been using PictureThis it identify plants, but iNaturalist sounds like it has a deeper purpose. Thanks for the heads-up.

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Pru Foster's avatar

Hi Diane - I use PictureThis when I'm weeding in my garden - I like the quick ident. And I've learned since finishing my article that iNat won't include invasive or native observations from my garden - observations have to be 'uncultivated' to be considered for research grade in iNat. Frankly, they should see my garden because it is mostly uncultivated! Anyway, I've been using iNat more - reporting on celandine in the woods etc. Thanks for letting me know. :^)

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Nedra H's avatar

Those peoples are on my fav list too! eBird by Cornell Uni also does the same citizen science for birds.

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Pru Foster's avatar

:^) I didn't know that about eBird - I'll give it a try. I love my Merlin app ...

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