That’s awesome, congrats! “Small” as it may seem, I was elated to hit 1,000 myself. Every milestone deserves to be celebrated, even the early ones! Great job!
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I remember being happy about my 1000th observation just four months ago. Then I went on an all-out observation craze after getting a good macro setup and exponentially growing my knowledge… It just hit me right now that I’m at 2,214 observations.
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Small potatoes add up quickly!
Macro opens a new world, huh? Makes me sit in one place a long time, usually in amazement
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7,000 observations on May 3 :)
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I was hoping to hit 10.000 observations this year, but it seems rather unlikely to hit that milestone this year…so I am celebrating my 9.000 observations I hit today instead :-)
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I’m coming up on 10k identifications for other people and I’m also hoping to climb the ranks this summer in my jobs project
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After a new Miridae and Braconidae last night, I have recorded 1,000 yard insect species (on 0.2 acres). I consider this an iNaturalist milestone, because most of them would not be identified without this community.
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That is impressive! Really cool!
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Almost 1,400 yard species now and from 173 to 286-ish moths since last August.
The real milestone today is 10,000 observations and 188,000 identifications! Enjoy your memorial day weekends, everyone (okay, mostly Americans).
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In most of Europe, it’s a holiday weekend to celebrate Pentecost/Whitsuntide, so it’s not just the Americans getting Monday off.
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188,000 identifications! That is quite an accomplishment - thank you!
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Meanwhile, in (parts of) Asia, today is the commemoration of Buddha’s birth, with Monday being a national holiday in South Korea.
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Finally broke thru into the last thousand Unknowns from CNC for Cape Town.
This residue is predominantly either - not marked Cultivated - or too blurry / wide. But maybe I will find something worth the 1K marathon?
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A while back I observed a strange dead fish in a pond I visit regularly. After some discussion, we determined it was a Ripsaw Catfish someone had dumped. This observation is the first ‘wild’ one in North America and appears as the first result of “Observations of Relatives” for this species. That’s a first for me!
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Hit 2k observations today, and 10k IDs this week!
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My slightly sleep-deprived brain understood that as “10k IDs just this week” and I felt deeply ashamed. That gave me the motivation to grab a coffee and break 1k. I still need to do much more (I’ve got a seal observation that I’ll upload once I’m done with the rest of the backlog and I’ve hit 2k IDs). I also hit 100 bird species last week!
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Thank you!
10K IDs is a much appreciated milestone.
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I forgot about writing my milestone, but last week I reached 15K IDs and I’m about to reach 16K now, I’m just 400 IDs away from that number. Pretty sure I’ll make it this week.
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I’ve had pretty severe tennis elbow the past few months (I think from holding up my camera with one hand during two recent trips. Annoying moving moth sheets!) so I haven’t been identifying as much. I passed 90k IDs lately, but am definitely falling behind this year and need to step it up when I’m better.
Thanks for all your hard work, everyone.
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