UPDATE NOV 5: New card available, click here to jump to it In conjunction with IdentiFriday and Making identifying more fun/interesting , may I present “Identifier’s Bingo.” To start, choose your difficulty level: EASY: Make one ID per square MEDIUM: Make 5 IDs per square HARD: Make 10 or more ID…

I feel like that second vertical line from the left has me written all over it. I often find monotypics and push them along, I’m from a small forgettable place, so those are the places I like to focus on, and love IDing outliers and oddballs haha.

What does “go auto-pilot” mean?

Only that not much brain power will be required. The other thread described it as “robot mode”

maybe you could put audio observations on the bingo card

Tried a blackout until I reached tha last square :-( … as I have been moving quite a bit between continents lately I completely gave up on physical ID-Books. Tried all the other ones. Some where fun. I find it also super usefull to have those links to different approaches combined here as I never …

[image] ajott: Is there a page somewhere that has those search-approaches collected? How to use iNaturalist’s Search URLs - wiki How to use iNaturalist’s Search URLs - wiki - part 2

[image] ajott: Tried a blackout until I reached tha last square :-( … as I have been moving quite a bit between continents lately I completely gave up on physical ID-Books. I admit I made the “consult a physical copy of a field guide” square for myself because I own tons of books I never use.…

you can find a whole list of reliable sources on the About page for each taxon! Go take a look.

Honestly I do think that’s a good square. We need to remember that real field guides exist, and anyway it’s more fun to use one than an internet source! I recommend getting some from a library if you don’t own any, though I don’t know how that works outside the US.

I am not too destroyed that I didn’t blackout the list :) I used to have tons of field guides and books about nature (and they are still somewhere in a family attic). However, since I am forced to do my research without them, I started to appreciate the possibilities on up-to-date and often more de…

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