I recently saw this thread , and saw many interesting ways people’s usernames came about. So I ask: how did you choose your iNat username? Does it include the name of a taxon you like? Is it a pseudonym? Maybe your username has a fascinating backstory? And while I’m at it, what do you think makes a g…

This opens up some possibilities… ithsmusnaturespotter, breakwaternaturespotter, beringlandbridgenaturespotter…

My nick it’s just my surname. Might be boring, but since it’s not common, I’ve used it (as a nick) most of my life.

i just named it “songbird” and then smashed random numbers on my keyboard

I’ve always been interested in isopods so that’s why I chose the name I did. I didn’t actually know a whole lot about them when I joined the site but after some research, I started to learn more about identifying them.

Mine is just the start of my last name, then my initials and a random number. I have considered changing, because I have another idea, but at the moment it’ll probably stay!

Simple but effective! Sometimes simple is more memorable.

Portmanteau of my full name. Also, the same one I use on other nature related sites so that should make me recognizable.

tl;dr: It’s my first initial and middle name. I don’t use my given first name. My parent fought over whether to use first or middle name for my use name. It never had to be settled because everyone called me by a different childhood nickname. That wasn’t the only thing they fought about, so when t…

I get it! Having been a shy child I got called by my full first name. Every year of elementary there would be another girl with a different version of full name that would boldly claim the shorter version. I don’t like my first name and don’t necessarily care for the short version either.

my legs were itchy because of mosquito bites

How did you choose your iNat username?

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rose January 29, 2025, 7:22pm 160

My name is Rose, which is cool enough for a naturalist forum.

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