Hey fellow iNaters :wave:! I’m hoping to eventually become a iNat curator. I know that in order to become a curator you have to have an account with iNat for at least 60 days, also have 100 improving identifications to anyone’s observations, plus you have to have made 5 iNat flags on observations. H…

[image] quyksilver: I’m at 47% RG Consider yourself fortunate. I’m at 34.5% RG, and it’s not because the photos are exceptionally awful.

Looks like you’ve been on iNat for less than a year. I’d suggest spending a few years using the site, learning as much about it, how it works, the tools, appropriate actions, etc before really delving into the curator side of things. I’d also strongly suggest not going out actively looking for thi…

I really appreciate you typing all that out. You really helped me out here just as several different people have. I manly identify birds on iNat. The reason is is because I’m a birder and I’m pretty good at identifying many different bird species in North America.

Perhaps you can help with broader IDs of birds, not in North America. Since North American birds are surely well identified on iNat?

[image] DianaStuder: North American birds are surely well identified on iNat? An elegant understatement, Diana. North American birds are THE best taxa to post on iNat, as you know. I find it satisfying to know that just by pushing an unknown on US soil to “bird”, within minutes, there will b…

Bird in Africa . . . 10 minutes to Research Grade! Let’s say you wanted to add the maximum value possible to iNatters. What would you become an expert in? General botany? You don’t want to become so specialized that your taxon is rarely posted, and you also don’t add much value by being the thousa…

[image] DianaStuder: Perhaps you can help with broader IDs of birds, not in North America. Great suggestion! Since I don’t know a whole lot about birds in those areas would it be fine if I used the suggested bird photo when identifying? Obviously I would make sure each bird matches with the b…

I’d be cautious and go a step or two further than just making sure the bird in the observation matches the photo in the taxon iNat suggests. As I’m sure you know, there are likely to be look-alike pairs or trios of birds (Empidonax flycatchers, anyone?) that are very hard to distinguish. If you look…

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DianaStuder February 3, 2025, 6:57am 30

Bird in Africa - works like a charm - 10 minutes to RG ;~))

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