Habitat shots acceptable with audio observations?

I know this started with the issue of habitat shots without direct evidence of the observed species to go with an audio of the species. That said, here has been a lot of talk here about iNaturalist not wanting “habitat shots”. If iNaturalist doesn’t want habitat shots without the direct evidence of the observed species, I would still encourage users to include views of the subject species that also show the habitat, and any other species around them. This could include shots from further away than needed for the best view of the subject species, without necessarily making the subject species hard to see. I would like to stress that knowing the habitat, including species near the subject species, is often a key to knowing what species would be there, and what the subject species might be.

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