When trying to identify “unkowns” I keep seeing photos of cars, people, dogs and cats on couches, potted plants, and other things that are obviously not wildlife. Seems like a waste of identifiers time and iNat server storage/bandwith, should these photos be flagged?

You can flag a photo if it is offensive for copyright infringement. Cars and people are Homo sapiens, which defaults to Casual and that takes it out of Needs ID. Cats, dogs, potted plants you can ID or just Mark as Reviewed - as you prefer. You can Casual if it is obvious that the animals are pe…

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DianaStuder February 13, 2025, 1:17pm 3

You are clearly interested in birds. I wish I hadn’t asked iNat how many obs sit at It is A Bird!
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but you can sort that by Location

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