I just added a bunch of observations to your project. I added the animals, but not the plants yet. The ones I added are mostly native insects eating/pollinating non-native plants. But also assassin bugs using non-native flowers as a place to ambush pollinators, non-native ants eating a larger native ant, a warbler gleaning insects from a non-native plant, and non-native honey bees nectaring on native plants.
Thank you, @lappelbaum! I’m excited to see what all people will add!
I didn’t knew i needed this post, but i sure did…
so many cool and informative and unique project posted here
and here is 1 more i haven’t seen posted yet
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/animated-observations
This is a great question!
I am usually on the Skulls and Bones Project (I collect skulls and I have learned SO MUCH from this project)
I also use the Found Feathers Project a lot.
I can also share one of my favorite things about projects, and that is the fact that you can meet so many people who have the same interests as you! I have learned so much from these projects, like how Eastern gray squirrels have a second upper pre-molar while a fox squirrel would have only one! And the unique shape of pinniped scalpulas! And you can get so many neat resources too, like the Feather Atlas.
Oh my word. GERALD.
I’m actually so obsessed with Road iNatting! Ever since discovering it, I want to go on long car or bus trips across the country to get observations on the road to there. It’s like keeping a diary of where you’ve been. :)
It also tests your ID skills, as many I of the photos I take are MILES away in the quality I tend to take, or you have to ID the organism in a flash as you pass by it in the vehicle and just put it with the blurry photo you took of the plant or bird on the sky. I promise I know what I saw!
I run the Sunbathing birds project. It features any bird, anywhere, that happens to be sunbathing. Even if you’re not into birds, have a look, because the postures many of these birds take when they sunbathe are truly goofy.
For people in Northeast Ohio in the U.S.A., the Cleveland Metroparks is running a pollinator project for the month of September 2023.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023-cleveland-metroparks
I am out looking for dragonflies/damselflies this time of year. I do enjoy seeing what else is out there. This project has given me an excuse to look everywhere for things to add to the project. You don’t have to add just animals. Plants are welcome, too.
Ahh, too bad Summit metroparks aren’t doing this too - it would coincide so nicely with the fall hiking spree
These are projects I need to get into! Do you know of any for animal tracks?
No, not at the moment, but I am sure there are some good ones!
You can still do it. Are you close to Medina County? The project involves Cuyahoga County and Medina County because the Cleveland Metroparks has property in both.
Hinckley Reservation and Rising Valley Park are in Medina County. But, you can enter observations from any place in those counties. I have entered observations in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Cuyahoga County because there are a lot of fields there. Just go find some fields! I’m telling you, there are all sorts of cools bees, flies and other things out there. I really should do some plants. I don’t know why I just focus on animals.
(Acutally, a small portion of Rising Valley Park is in Summit County. I don’t exactly know how everything is administered. Look on a map for the border if you go there. Only the back loop trail is in Medina County. The athletic field areas are in Summit County. )
The problem is that hiking in cleveland metroparks just isn’t priority for me; I’ve honestly preferred the state parks recently, since I can do fungi collections from them, and mostly will just be doing the summit hiking spree because I want my badge for my stick.
Me getting photos of pollinators is usually just incidental in my quest to be an absolute hobbit looking for mushrooms
LOL Best of luck, hobbit! A few years ago, I ran into someone carrying two shopping bags at Hinckley Reservation looking for mushrooms. They were parked off Hinckley Hills Road at the horse trailer parking lot. Cars can park there, too. But, that’s the more heavily wooded area. That person said that she could fill her bags. But, she probably knew the area very well.
I really like looking for dragonflies right now. So, the pollinator project takes me to the same areas: open wetlands and fields with lots of plants. So, it’s like a bonus for me to take photos of other things.
Organisms Found at Gas Stations has just reached 600 observations! Who wants to join and help us hit 1,000? :)
I wonder whether I could include my observations: I don’t have a car but I often do bus tours. When we stop at rest areas (where you can get gas too, of course) the others have breakfast and I go for a walk in that ± half hour. I have found some pretty neat things this way.
Seems like those could work just fine to me!
Hi all! :) Could anyone suggest me some good projects to share drawn observations please?
Try “Nature drawing and journaling”. (Sorry – my device won’t paste links).
I just discovered Sleepy Bee Slumber Parties and it’s absolutely delightful!
Wow! Apparently I know even less about birds than I thought because if I saw a bird doing this I definitely would have thought it was injured! I have nothing to contribute to the project but just wanted to say cool project!