You know you're seriously into iNat when

[clay_s]

@dellfalconer

@charlie

when you need a new doctor. It may not have cardiovascular benefits but it’s so healthy to be active out in the world! I wonder if one can do species ID on a treadmill or something.

I should have mentioned we were specifically discussing cardiovascular benefits. I’m sure he is aware of the other health benefits :-)

My doctor recommended that I should walk out at a swift pace for cardio benefits, and then observe on the way back for cooling down/my enjoyment.

[lhiggins]

When you wake up at midnight on the first day of the City Nature Challenge to try and be the first person to make an ID in your city’s effort. RIGHT @kestrel @amyjaeckerjones

[lhiggins]

In our trainings @natureinla we call the safety shot: “capture the moment” We use a series of awesome photos of a lizard that @maiz took…

[janetwright]

@scubabruin

try for the safety shot, then creep closer for the better angles and less blurry photos.

This cracked me up. Sometimes 40 safety and creep-up shots.

[dellfalconer]

@clay_s

when you need a new doctor. It may not have cardiovascular benefits but it’s so healthy to be active out in the world! I wonder if one can do species ID on a treadmill or something.

I should have mentioned we were specifically discussing cardiovascular benefits. I’m sure he is aware of the other health benefits :-)

My doctor recommended that I should walk out at a swift pace for cardio benefits, and then observe on the way back for cooling down/my enjoyment.

Oh, that won’t work :-) What if I see something cool on the way out?

[lisa_bennett]

‘The safety shot’ - I totally do that but I didn’t have a name for it! I’ll be adding it to my vocab :) Thanks!

[kiwifergus]

I got to 5m away from a white faced heron today with about 20 safety shots starting at some 60-70m

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/25986105

[clay_s]

@dellfalconer

@clay_s

when you need a new doctor. It may not have cardiovascular benefits but it’s so healthy to be active out in the world! I wonder if one can do species ID on a treadmill or something.

I should have mentioned we were specifically discussing cardiovascular benefits. I’m sure he is aware of the other health benefits :-)

My doctor recommended that I should walk out at a swift pace for cardio benefits, and then observe on the way back for cooling down/my enjoyment.

Oh, that won’t work :-) What if I see something cool on the way out?

I know! I can’t look at both sides of the trail if I did it. I said recommended, not followed. :)

[ellen5]

When you suddenly want to enhance your yoga practice by posing like insects you have photographed

[mira_l_b]

I do West African dance like a Carolina Wren and a thousand other birds…why not insect yoga?

[jonwbecker]

I recently had a nightmare where there were snakes everywhere (a dream I’ve had occasionally throughout my life), but this time my main thought besides get away from the snakes was, “I wish I had a camera to photograph all these cool snakes for iNat. This would definitely get Observation of the Day.”

[whaichi]

You check your new notifications and, based on the username of the identifier, already have a good guess as to which observations of yours they’re identifying before clicking through to the photo.

[erininmd]

Sat down in my coworkers car after lunch on Friday and saw a fly on the backseat. My first thought was “Oh! I hope it stays still long enough for me to get a picture” https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26126775

[janetwright]

You only have to type “i” in your browser URL line and it autofills straight to your iNaturalist home page.

[mira_l_b]

@whaichi

based on the username of the identifier

…you’ve learned a whole lot about taxonomy because you’ve developed a habit of looking up the ones you don’t recognize

@janetwright

You only have to type “i” in your browser URL line and it autofills straight to your iNaturalist home page.

And if you type the next letter fourteen recent options pop up as well. Also, on your google home page at least half of those boxes with links to your frequently-visited sites are either inat pages, forum pages or inat-related links to resources.

[erininmd]

@janetwright

You only have to type “i” in your browser URL line and it autofills straight to your iNaturalist home page.

I have a permanent chrome window dedicated to inat. The first few tabs are common searches that I use, then usually a few observations I mean to get back to, and then the forum. The last few tabs are usually information searches I have done, or resources for IDing.

[kiwifergus]

@kiwifergus

…you secretly wish they would list number of habitat types nearby like they do for number of bathrooms in the real estate listings

maybe “number of RG Species Found at Property” should be a thing!

[mira_l_b]

Your secret is out! Also, I think we’ve just developed iNat b&b (bed and breakfast)! I would totally rent from people who advertised great biodiversity and highlighted the habitat types of a property. We might be the only demographic that wants there to be some innocuous insects in our rentals too.

Up next…iNat classifieds:
iNat personals
iNat auto
iNat vocational

[kiwifergus]

I have met in iNat some that run B&Bs, and what we call “Book a Bach” type places. Definitely going to do the road trip when time and funds line up.

[dwabrams]

I have a nature-oriented Airbnb property and I’ve set up most of my advertising and promotion to focus on that aspect of the house. It seems to keep the party crowd at bay and probably eliminates the “eek a bug” types that would be horrified at seeing a roach, even on the Mississippi coast.

I’ve set up a project that encompasses the guest house, my home next door, and the immediate vicinity. There are binoculars, bird guides, various nature guides and references, a Tumblr photo blog, and a set of notes I’ve created on things like the box turtles that roam the place. Is it out of place to mention the website? www.HarborGardenHouse.

I’d be interested to hear any suggestions on how to reach iNaturalists and similar folks.

Don