# Organizing observations

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/organizing-observations/24753>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 14, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/organizing-observations/24753 "2021-07-14T19:15:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![lskiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@lskiles](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lskiles)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/organizing-observations/24753/1 "2021-07-14T19:15:32Z")

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I am wondering if there is any way to group my personal observations into categories such as mammals, wildflowers , snakes. I’ve not found any info on the site or quick forum searches. Thanks

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**Author:** ![marina\_gorbunova](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/marina_gorbunova/32/31454_2.png) [@marina\_gorbunova](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/marina_gorbunova)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/organizing-observations/24753/2 "2021-07-14T19:42:42Z")

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You can’t keep them in groups forever, but you can use search function for those taxa you want. You also can use lists, but they contain taxa, not observations.

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**Author:** ![saturnring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@saturnring](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/saturnring)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/organizing-observations/24753/3 "2021-07-14T21:48:22Z")

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I think you could make collection projects for each category, with yourself as the only user.

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**Author:** ![zdanko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/zdanko/32/20125_2.png) [@zdanko](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/zdanko)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/organizing-observations/24753/4 "2021-07-14T21:59:35Z")

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The new life list page might work for this: [https://www.inaturalist.org/lifelists/zdanko?details\_view=observations](https://www.inaturalist.org/lifelists/zdanko?details_view=observations) (change the “zdanko” to your username)

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**Author:** ![earthknight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/earthknight/32/32879_2.png) [@earthknight](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/earthknight)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/organizing-observations/24753/5 "2021-07-14T23:31:35Z")

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Organizing them where? Here on iNat, or on your home computer?

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**Author:** ![lskiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@lskiles](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lskiles)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/organizing-observations/24753/6 "2021-07-20T00:58:15Z")

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Organizing in iNat. I’ll look in to the 2 suggestions above, just saw the link to “new life list” thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/organizing-observations/24753/7 "2021-09-18T00:59:13Z")

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