First post in a while on forums, and first time in a while I have visited too. Hello again! Today while I was on a nature walk I noticed something and got very excited over it when I had first seen it. Here is a picture of roughly what I was looking at: [IMG_4433] Looks very interesting and rare…

I’m sure there have been plenty of times I have seen a tree stump or leaf in the wind and thought it was a bird. And cords and hoses I thought were a snake. But what comes to mind was an opposite situation. Something I thought was trash but was actually an animal. I was at an aquarium store and thou…

Bungee cords in the road can look amazingly snake-like, especially those that have a color pattern. I’ve IDed at least one I’ve seen at night to species, only to find it wasn’t a snake at all.

I got tricked by some of those fake hawks people put on roofs to try and scare other birds away, lol. I was super far away from the rooftops in question, so I couldn’t see that they were fake until I’d opened the pictures on my computer…

Nice story! I have the same story during my first week here at iNaturalist. I really got excited thinking I spotted some unusual and exotic white fungus (after being under the influence). Imagine my disappointment after using Seek that it cannot pinpoint the species. It might very well someone caref…

Hilarious!!! I followed the sound of a bird I’d never heard before, only to discover that it was some woman’s squeaky flip-flop.

You’d be surprised how many people think pistachio shells are clam valves.

i do this with the sound of a keychain on my own bag. looking around, wondering why the squeaky sound stops when i stop moving… i usually realize it’s not a bird now. usually.

so many times i thought i saw a colorful flower, but turned out it was just some littered napkins :sob:

Oh my! I’ve patiently stalked pine cone parts on bracken leaves. Then there’s bird poop moths that are, well, bird poop. Many birds in trees that are stuck leafy tree debris. Tree stump turkeys. I’m stopping there. It gets embarrassing with a long list.

I got tricked today

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vreinkymov August 14, 2022, 4:45pm 14

Schrödinger’s snake: Is it a nope rope or just nope, rope?

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I got tricked today

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