How iNaturalist has helped me so far

I recently realized how much iNat has enriched my life, and I thought I should write it down somewhere. This seems appropriate. Here are the ways using iNaturalist has helped me:

  1. Community. I enjoy interacting with other users, and I feel more welcome here than many other places. I've also made a few friends, though none that I've been able to meet in person.
  2. Responsibility. Here on iNat I am treated like an adult, which makes it much easier to act like one. As well as helping others with identifications, I've been able to provide several solutions to problems both on the forum and iNat itself. I also signed up to be a mentor in the next ID-a-thon, have submitted a request to become a forum moderator, and am considering applying for curator as well.
  3. Knowledge. I've learned a lot through iNat and the forum. Most obviously my identification skills are increasing - I can now identify one species of grass (Dactylis glomerata) thanks to @sedgequeen, and two species of gull (Larus canus and L. glaucescens, also primarily due to sedgequeen). I know many more scientific names than I used to. And I've learned a thing or two about computers and the internet, for example how to use iNat's search URLs and how annoying the API is when you actually want to use it for something!
  4. Curiosity. That "gotta get a picture for iNat" mentality has driven me to discover several interesting organisms that I otherwise would have overlooked, like this pseudoscorpion. What's a pseudoscorpion, you ask? That's exactly the point! Before discovering iNat, I would have just thought this was a bit of dirt and ignored it. But I'm glad I looked closer, because it's actually really cool looking!
הועלה ב-אפריל 10, 2021 04:07 אחה"צ על ידי fluffyinca fluffyinca

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That’s cool, thanks for sharing! It has helped me in many of the ways you mentioned as well. So grateful for iNat.

פורסם על-ידי bug_girl לפני כמעט 3 שנים

iNaturalist is such a great resource! For me, it's been a good way to keep working and enjoying nature during this pandemic when I can't meet with colleagues weekly as I used to do. It can really save us odd young women. (Not that I'm young any more, but . . . . )

פורסם על-ידי sedgequeen לפני כמעט 3 שנים

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