Curious as I was “exploring” observations on the map, someone had uploaded a feather :woman_shrugging:t3: I was unaware you could get an identification off of a feather on this platform as in the rules it needs to be a living organism of sorts, is this correct? I have many feathers I’d LOVE to Hel…

Observations can be of evidence of organisms, not just the organism itself. So feathers, tracks, poop, eggs, etc. are all great to upload to iNaturalist. There’s also a nice community of people who know a ton about feathers here! If you add your observations to this project they’ll usually get ident…

[image] bouteloua: So feathers, tracks, poop, eggs, etc. are all great to upload to iNaturalist. There’s also a nice community of people who know a ton about feathers here! If you add your observations to this project they’ll usually get identified pretty quickly: https://www.inaturalist.org/pro…

Definitely check out the USFWS Feather Atlas if you’re looking to help with IDs! It’s pretty neat and not many people seem to know about it. They have an ID tool here and a general browser of the database here, if you click through the family + genus links. . :)

:pray: WOW! New recourses!!! Love this! Thank you! I found a dead bird in my back woods and I really never seen anything like it. I’m going to use both your info & the info @bouteloua Provided! Thank you! All so much. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

You may be pleased to know there are several dead bird projects on iNaturalist you may add it to. I think the “Dead Birds” project is the most general: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/dead-birds

anything that was made by a living organism counts. feathers, remains, tracks, poop, evidence of eating… it all counts!

Check this project https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/found-feathers

In addition to the Feather Atlas, if you’re after birds from countries outside North America, Featherbase ( https://www.featherbase.info/en/home ) have complete feather sets from birds around the world! :)

@Star3 wow! Who’d a thought there is a “dead bird” project :exploding_head: Thank you! I joined! Thank you so very much!

[image] kuchipatchis: anything that was made by a living organism counts. feathers, remains, tracks, poop, evidence of eating… it all counts! I wish I knew this! Oh my do I wish I knew this! The pics of poop I have in my phone and no one to share with. :woman_facepalming:t3: Not to mention t…

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coleycrawler August 30, 2020, 3:06am 3

thank you! dang I wish I would have checked out this part of iNaturalist when I started 4 months ago! That’s so awesome to know. I very much appreciate the help!

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