One of my favorite things about inatting is finding something new! So here I ask what is your favorite species you’ve seen that was new to you this week? Personally mine has to be either the Phantom Orchids I found, or the aphids I found on them! I want this to be a fun thread of everyone’s exciting…

Ive never used something like that so I dont know. Making sound louder is not usually helpful as i can hear the frequency okay, or I cant, and the level “maxes out” - i dont hear it more if volume is turned up. So It depends on how good directionality is on those things. When ive seen them in nature…

From my experience it’s pretty targeted, at least when recording you need it to be pointed right where the bird is, there’s still some range, of course, depending on the device itself.

Just a note that you’ve already posted about swans!

Let’s try that again. [IMG_4029] Looking for love

I’ll post now cause I’m sick and even if I will go out this weekend, I’ll post new things in the next week. First are ofc beetles as I was searching for them, Rhizophagus fenestralis with 8obs, Rhizophagus nitidulus with 4obs, Euryusa castanoptera with 4obs and a “common” Geostiba circellaris with …

In all the wrong places, right?

The weather is still bouncing wildly here from warm to freezing, but things are definitely stirring! First snake (Garter) of the year yesterday and first frog (Leopard). But if we’re talking lifers here, I’ll have to pick a bird as they’re moving through now and it’s just a question of finding more …

[20221126_122801] A Common Sailor Butterfly photographed via mobile, a magnificent stand. This is one of the most flutterful Butterflies but some how it was just laying on a leaf. Its was a tough one to photograph as there were thorns all over. My Mobile Photography almost matches the DSLR and I …

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This apparently undescribed Ophioninae wasp from Colorado

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