# You know you're seriously into iNat when **URL:** \ **Category:** Nature Talk\ **Tags:** musings, mostly-humor\ **Created:** [April 9, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992 "2019-04-09T23:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![yayemaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/yayemaster/32/12153_2.png) [@yayemaster](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/yayemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/640 "2020-07-08T00:23:19Z")
You make 50,000 identifications in less than a month You keep going during bioblitzes and stay up till midnight taking pictures You cannot sleep thinking about your observations You log on everyday and you stay on for hours You never leave your house without your phone for pictures You take photos of every organism you see You read every post on here You identify EVERY SINGLE Parabuteo observations in ONE DAY ---
**Author:** ![yayemaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/yayemaster/32/12153_2.png) [@yayemaster](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/yayemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/641 "2020-07-08T00:45:18Z")
And also, all of those apply to me ---
**Author:** ![jessicaleighallen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jessicaleighallen/32/10950_2.png) [@jessicaleighallen](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jessicaleighallen)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/642 "2020-07-08T00:47:48Z")
…you ask for (and receive) the [iNat tee shirt](https://store.inaturalist.org/products/inaturalist-logo-womens-t-shirt)! Special thanks to @carrieseltzer for corresponding w/ my husband and looking into the delays in shipping. I received the adorable black tee just a few days after my birthday. ---
**Author:** ![mira\_l\_b](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/mira_l_b/32/44_2.png) [@mira\_l\_b](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mira_l_b)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/643 "2020-07-08T17:18:26Z")
Split this topic on July 8, 2020, 5:18pm UTC 4 posts were split to a new topic: [Speed identifying, quality controls, 4th, 5th, 6th, IDs: community perspective?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/speed-identifying-quality-controls-4th-5th-6th-ids-community-perspective/14153) Wanting to keep this (as best as possible) a light fun discussion so please feel free to continue that conversation in its own dedicated topic, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![carrieseltzer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/carrieseltzer/32/38544_2.png) [@carrieseltzer](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/carrieseltzer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/644 "2020-07-08T11:55:20Z")
> [@jessicaleighallen](#): > > I received the adorable black tee just a few days after my birthday. Oof, I’m glad it wasn’t too terribly late :-) The delays can be so extensive now, especially for anything destined outside the US. Start ordering now for Christmas and 2021 ;-) ---
**Author:** ![botanicaltreasures](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/botanicaltreasures/32/6537_2.png) [@botanicaltreasures](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/botanicaltreasures)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/645 "2020-07-08T12:22:22Z")
I got mine as a Christmas gift from my husband. ---
**Author:** ![vireosylva](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/vireosylva/32/74406_2.png) [@vireosylva](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/vireosylva)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/646 "2020-07-09T06:51:47Z")
My parents got me one as a surprise, and gave it to me after I finished last semester (which was predictably chaotic after mid-March or so). I wear it for luck when I go out in anticipation of a big day of birding/bioblitzing. ---
**Author:** ![calebcam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/calebcam/32/10388_2.png) [@calebcam](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/calebcam)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/647 "2020-07-09T18:00:25Z")
… you get sunstroke staring at an anthill in a desert … your camera becomes a part of your body … you join the Birds Aren’t Real organization to appease insects and arachnids … your neck becomes permanently horizontal … your non-iNatter hiking buddies are five miles ahead of you … you educate random people on trails about how jumping spiders are harmless, cute and fuzzy ---
**Author:** ![yayemaster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/yayemaster/32/12153_2.png) [@yayemaster](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/yayemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/648 "2020-07-09T18:08:15Z")
you keep going back to the same plant to check its growth You Take photos of every organism you see You stop your family members from killing a spider just to get a photo of it You look for the white patches on the maps and try to get a species there You go to every other person’s observation and you get all of the species in one day You take 750 photos in less than 12 hours you take the humor of every organism around I was eating dinner in Yosemite five years ago and took a picture of a squirrel eating a napkin, and then you frantically look for the photo to upload on Inaturalist ---
**Author:** ![bug\_girl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bug_girl/32/38067_2.png) [@bug\_girl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bug_girl)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/649 "2020-07-09T23:23:13Z")
> [@calebcam](#): > > you educate random people on trails about how jumping spiders are harmless, cute and fuzzy Hey, I do the same thing! I have one problem though…they always throw back at me the fact that every time I try to get a picture of one, it’ll jump/attack me, lol. I have nothing to argue against that. (Btw, any suggestions welcome, lol.) Doesn’t stop me from loving them though. :-) ---
**Author:** ![fluffyinca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/fluffyinca/32/10786_2.png) [@fluffyinca](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/fluffyinca)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/650 "2020-07-10T17:42:45Z")
I get rats eating my chicken food, and last time I saw them I ran inside to get some iNat pictures before chasing them off and moving the bowl. ---
**Author:** ![alexis\_orion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/alexis_orion/32/30298_2.png) [@alexis\_orion](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/alexis_orion)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/651 "2020-07-14T08:41:25Z")
Every walk you go on looks like this on your observation map ![obswalk](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/f/fe7b83032fe3b88afc4bb25a8777148c58faa8f8.png) ---
**Author:** ![mira\_l\_b](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/mira_l_b/32/44_2.png) [@mira\_l\_b](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mira_l_b)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/652 "2020-07-14T16:21:23Z")
…you seriously consider how to get everyone across the globe to team up for some family or genus observing so that you can spell **Hi, iNat!** in the same color observation pins (different places can do different colors or I guess colours) across the whole map. ---
**Author:** ![mmmiller](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/mmmiller/32/7699_2.png) [@mmmiller](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mmmiller)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/653 "2020-07-14T17:00:51Z")
when the last thing you do before going to bed is check the front porch light ---
**Author:** ![lm77](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/lm77/32/10266_2.png) [@lm77](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lm77)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/654 "2020-07-14T22:44:00Z")
> [@mira\_l\_b](#): > > (different places can do different colors or I guess colours) Definitely colo **u** rs, I’m not sure what a color is… 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Star3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/star3/32/73028_2.png) [@Star3](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/Star3)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/656 "2020-07-15T14:47:22Z")
> [@lm77](#): > > Definitely colo **u** rs, I’m not sure what a color is… 🤪 I believe “Colors” are endemic to the U.S., so you may never have encountered one. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![birdwhisperer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/birdwhisperer/32/3455_2.png) [@birdwhisperer](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/birdwhisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/657 "2020-07-15T16:42:08Z")
My personal goal is to see if I can make a line of observations from Spokane, Washington to Boise, Idaho under the smallest tiles (the last scroll before the red tiles change to the red points). Secondly, I’m trying to cover my entire county full of these red tiles, though I suspect I’ll have to cheat to finish it because of private property so maybe I’ll get lucky and an obscured sighting will be placed _just_ right. 😌 ---
**Author:** ![tgbirdnerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tgbirdnerd/32/11182_2.png) [@tgbirdnerd](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tgbirdnerd)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/658 "2020-07-18T19:34:04Z")
When you’ve made probably 90% of the observations in your neighborhood as well as maybe 70% in the several trails, neighborhood blocks, and parks surrounding it. And when you are the top (and almost the only) observer at several city parks in your area. ---
**Author:** ![alexis\_orion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/alexis_orion/32/30298_2.png) [@alexis\_orion](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/alexis_orion)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/659 "2020-07-26T07:01:29Z")
…you have the most observations, species, and IDs of a large group (springtails). …you find 100 iNat firsts …you make over 1000 observations in a day (so far only once) …you don’t let constant torrential rain stop you from making your daily observations ---
**Author:** ![srushtibokil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/srushtibokil/32/10837_2.png) [@srushtibokil](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/srushtibokil)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992/660 "2020-07-26T11:40:05Z")
> [@molanic](#): > > When you decide to let a mosquito continue biting you so you can get some good pics before swatting it. Then you sort of regret that decision a week later when its still itching like crazy… but hey it was a new species for your iNat list. I did that accidentally once, when a bright blue mosquito landed on my arm and I thought it was a wasp and started photographing it. Then I saw a little blood in its belly later and freaked out. Flew away before I could do anything. Now finding the photo to upload ( forgot to ). 😆 [Previous page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992.md?page=31) [Next page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-youre-seriously-into-inat-when/1992.md?page=33)