What were your top three observations from 2022? These were mine: Most useful CV suggestion: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/106402880 A common grass in my neighborhood that I was never able to identify myself. Rarest species: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111572789 Apparen…

Fun topic! Here are the 3 I selected (though my favorites vary by mood and season). Best First: First time we saw the local bobcat come calling: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/104584150 We were equally thrilled each time the cat showed up around the house, but the first time is always …

Most Awesome: This one is from December 2021, but it was such a cool experience I had to include it. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103930353 [image] Most Rewarding: I heard this wren singing on the other side of a marsh, so I tracked it down and waited - after a minute or so it start…

Most startling to find (As I was ‘leafing’ through an alder tree it was suddenly right in front of my nose - and huge! - and also quite cute once I’d gotten over the shock!) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137806931 Most ‘I didn’t know that was a thing’ https://www.inaturalist.org/observ…

I was lucky to be part of many memorable wildlife encounters, so it is quite difficult for me to choose 3. I have already mentioned a group encounter with a python and and incident with a snake down my trousers here , so here are some different observations (which happen to be all lifers, too): T…

How does one pick 3? Also, for me, many of the most exciting ‘observations’ will be exciting or special because of my experience at the time - not necessarily because of the organism. I rarely chase rare/uncommon birds for reasons. But this spring, I was birding during warbler migration at a local …

Very tricky to choose three! But I enjoyed scrolling back through my observations from 2022. The first is this Caribbean Reef Octopus (Octopus briars) https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139277846 . I love seeing octopus underwater but this sighting was from a night dive and it hung around wit…

Choosing three was so hard! This was a really good iNat year for me, and I observed far more than I ever have before – here’s hoping 2023 is just as good! Best Overall: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145230413 [image] This one’s a no-brainer. The winged celebrity herself, California’s …

2022 Observation of rarest species: Baillon’s Crake - this bird is rarely ever seen in the Cape where I live, so when not one, but several turned up at the Strandfontein Sewerage Works, I had to go check it out! Two other species would have beaten this observation if I could have made them: the Sn…

It was fun to go back and look at all of my observations from the year to choose my top three for the year. They include: This GIANT wasp: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129622699 - I remember it being at least 4" long for the body, and the tail was that long again. My favorite vertebrat…

2022 was my first full year on iNaturalist so there are a ton of observations which could be my top 3. But I think I was able to land on these 3. Best Photos iNaturalist really encouraged me a get out and improve my photography. While I took many, MANY photos in 2022, the photos in this observatio…

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deboas January 3, 2023, 11:56am 38

I love the Wood Duck! Just a comment on the burdock observation: it would be better to upload the photos from different dates as different observations, as they don’t show what you encountered on the observation date. You can add the field “Similar observation set” to link them.

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Top 3 observations in 2022

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