Crazy and strange things I’ve done to get good observations. Or just any at all. Stand on my tiptoes on top of 2in wide counter near my tv to catch a close up pic of a moth. Turn the stove off in the middle of cooking and run outside in bare feet to try and catch a pic of the Javelinas walking…

It’s less iNat observations specifically as it is getting a good look at nature things in general, but your #2 bullet point was this bobcat . Was visiting my folks and saw it walk by the kitchen window. Raced downstairs, grabbed my camera, and out onto a mix of sharp gravel and thorns barefoot try…

Planning to try to introduce grain weevils into our house (or at least into boxes of grains in the front yard) to get those :ok_hand: lifers

Although I’m fairly new to iNat, nature photography was kind of a side hobby for me already, however I only bothered to take pictures if it was truly worth it. But here are some I have done: Standing like a weirdo in front of a christian bookstore: The owner smiled at me, he probably thought I wa…

You calmly take your time photographing Beetles in a pile of Dog poo: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21877052

I think passers-by mostly think I’m weird for staring at / taking photos of walls. If someone asks what I’m doing, I always hope I’ll be taking something more well known or socially acceptable, like ladybirds, but it’s usually flies or lichen.

Mine’s the opposite - wandering around at -30C (-22F) with no mitts on trying to track winter birds that will not sit still. That’s the only time I care about wind chill. Never had frost bite, though.

Taking pictures inside a port-a-potty. https://inaturalist.ca/observations/16307018 Looking at trees from four inches away to look and search for lichens. (I am nearsighted, four inches is my focal point without my glasses) Netting deer flies that are trying to bite me and turning them into observ…

My friend is studying orthoptera and was asking me to get some specimens every time I go to Crimea, and it was right when I started iNatting. Saw this https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19996551 when was at the hotel pool, called my husband “we need it!”, it appeared that the window was much h…

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mws March 26, 2020, 6:44am 13

I really should do that more often. Sure, it’ll get weird looks, but there’s so much stuff that lives in and on feces.

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