I would like to use this filter, but it is not showing up as an option for me. What am I doing wrong? Thank you 
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Ah, okay. Thank you for explaining that. I didn’t realize there were different apps or tools or identifying.
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I took a while to discover the full features of the Identify page, but it was very well worth discovering - makes identifying so much easier.
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It took me a while to figure out how to switch between them. There’s a button that will convert any Explore search into Identify mode (pointed out by the red arrow):
(Other things I’ve circled are default filters that may prevent certain observations (e.g. cultivated plants) from showing up in the search.)
The Identify filters look a bit different:
(Again, I’ve circled default settings that may prevent observations from showing up.)
Note that there’s no “easy button” to get from Identify mode back to Explore. I find the easiest way to convert back to a refined Explore search (e.g. after picking annotations you want to search for) is to modify the URL:
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The keyboard shortcuts in ID are useful if you want to fill in the phenology graph.
It took me years of using iNaturalist to learn that. I used to manually edit the URL to add /identify? in the correct spot.
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Yes, I took even longer to start using them, but I’ve never looked back. In fact, the only negative thing about all the keyboard shortcuts in Identify is that then I open an individual observation page and get frustrated that they don’t work! :-)
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But then I accidentally discovered - when you do open an obs - you can still use I to trigger the Identify box. Which I didn’t expect!
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Wow! You just opened up a whole new world for me after years of using iNat. I never know about this option to review this way. Thank you.