The Thirteen iNaturalist Categories
My iNat buddies know how, as part of my own continuing education program, I attempt to get entries in as many of the thirteen iNaturalist categories as I can, every day I go out. This morning I decided to take a more rigorous approach to the problem, and so I offer my insights as a public service.
The thirteen categories, divided into three levels of difficulty (though the division is dependent on habitat)
Plants - you have to be in the most sterile atmosphere imaginable to not get a plant
Fungi - once you know where lichen hide, you've got no excuses
Insects - Something's gonna bug you if you're in the field all day
Birds - photos AND tapes AND found feathers...c'mon people, you can do this, even if you are not birders
Arachnids - the animal architecture project can always use another interesting web or spider hole
Mollusks - snails, banana slugs, and shells
Reptiles - fairly easy where I live (because, Western Fence Lizard) or Florida, but can be tricky back east
Mammals - I suppose this could be easy, if you don't mind having shitty pictures
Amphibians - when we know where the salamanders are, this gets easier
Other Animals - when at the shore this is easy, because crabs. Isopods usually happen to you in a day
Ray-Finned Fish - To once again quote @vermfly , "Get the fish" is not an easy task!
Protozoans - What can one do in a dry climate without slime molds being in season?
Chromista - Seems you've got to be by the shore...except that Sudden Oak Death is a Chromista
I once got 12 of 13, and missed the 13th simply because I didn't realize how close I was to completing the set (Mollusk was the missing one, and i'd been ON a BEACH!)
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@dpom @leslie_flint @catchang @sea-kangaroo @finatic might find this interesting. OR might wonder how they got such a nutty friend.
Haha. I think of you fondly when I see a posing fly.
Get the fish! It is tough.
That reminds me- there are decomposing minnows on our lake rental lawn...
you know what they say....."a Diptera a day"....
...keeps Dr. Rycenga away, out in the field..."
Now that you mention it....Yep! Nutty as hell!
Great, now I need to figure out my best day in regards to statistic.
@finatic - just trying to help stoke your iNat addiction. It's what I do...
@gyrrlfalcon - I love this list! Can I use this for our SFBBO event? I'd like to encourage people to get as many categories as possible
Of course @merav - I think it was rather witty writing, if I do say so myself. And I do.
@sarahangulo @lacigerhart This might be a cool idea for a mini challenge during next year's CNC.
Waaaay harder in Sacramento county than in San Mateo!
There are those native freshwater mussels around Sacto.
Indeed. That's why I'd like to use it! It will make a great challenge for our event, and I love the wording :) thanks!
I think the chromista category is more challenging than Mollusks for Sacramento
But possible...
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/58365582
Mollusks wouldn't be hard at all. Garden snails are common around many landscaped areas and there are many species of freshwater snails.
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