I’m still working on my huge backlog of things to add to iNat, but I figured I’ve done enough for today. And then I saw that I hit 1,000 species without going over. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?hrank=species&place_id=any&user_id=lappelbaum&view=species (okay, so it’s 1,002 if I add cas…

I hit 900 species today! [image]

[latest milestone] Dangit, I was conversing with The Doctor, got distracted, and overshot the mark by two. Can we just assume that I’ll have to walk a couple back at some point, and that I’m holding a straight flush? :laughing:

I’ve been working on this one since February 1st, 2025. You know what that means? I have a 365 day streak! :partying_face: [1000082613] Finally I did it!

Congratulations! You can’t stop now and will even have to plan what to do on busy days. I have just finished my fifth year.

A small milestone. There are now 5 species which I have ID’d at least a thousand observations of! [image]

Yay! I passed the 500 mark for species. [image]

Did you know you can already generate your personal 2026 Year in Review page? (If you do so, you might want to regenerate those stats as more of the year goes by.) My stats for January are a bit lopsided. 0 Observations 4,927 Identifications :slightly_smiling_face:

But it’s the good kind of lopsided!

[1000081032] similar :sweat_smile:

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lizaeckardt February 1, 2026, 3:37pm 1528

Yay! I passed the 500 mark for species.

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