I went to Italy for three weeks, my first time being back there since adolescence. This meant every observation was a new Italian one for iNaturalist! Before I went there I had observed 516 species. We didn’t have great weather and it is a cold and plenty of wet April in Europe as far as I can tell.
I got to my new milestone of 600 species, and now that I am home I am at 623. And all with just a mediocre smartphone camera! All in all I made 186 observations of 150 species.
I especially enjoined that one sunny, warm day where I sat on the edge of the unmowed, undisturbed high grass in the olive yard, looking for any new plant and animal to show itself. It was such a serene experience, I kept doing it for hours.
