Unido: 15.sep.2019 Última actividad: 05.oct.2024 iNaturalist NZ
I use iNaturalist to learn about the species around New Zealand - native and introduced. I'll observe anything I find of interest to me.
In terms of identification, I'm mostly self-taught through browsing observations, reading up on ID guides and sometimes scientific notes and papers. I feel confident in providing species level IDs to these taxa within NZ:
I'll also often put down coarse IDs on Unknown observations to help them get picked up by identifiers who are more familiar with that area than I am. This might be why you see a broad ID like "Plants" from me.
Call me out if you think I've made a mistake when IDing. Sometimes I branch out into unfamiliar territory. I'm generally quick to withdraw or respond on disagreeing IDs.
I also sometimes contribute code fixes in my spare time to the iNaturalist website. See here for my changes to this site.