Ημερολόγιο της/του schizoform

https://vafwis.dgif.virginia.gov/WAP2/ or for broader context
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/37961-welcome-to-virginia-wildlife-mapping

I also made an iNat list, for folks in the Richmond region:

Edit: These projects may be even more useful: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/virginia-s-priority-sgcn-richmond-regional-planning-region, https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/virginia-s-sgcn-richmond-regional-planning-region, https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-of-virginia

WORK IN PROGRESS

URL switches I use often:

near me: "&lat=37.665&lng=-77.8&radius=25"
standard: "&subview=table&verifiable=any"
unknowns: "iconic_taxa=unknown"
unobserved: "&unobserved_by_user_id=schizoform"
to-id list w/ delay and excluding my own obs: "page=3&place_id=any&not_user_id=1815672"

things I IDed e.g. as Russula: "https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications?user_id=schizoform&taxon_id=48339"

things I commented: "https://www.inaturalist.org/comments?mine=true"

things I had commented on: "https://www.inaturalist.org/comments?for_me=true"

things I probably got wrong: "https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications?user_id=schizoform&category=maverick"

...knowledge from those comments, albeit w/o adequate attribution:

Red algae are plants.
Green algae are also plants.
Blue-Green algae is bacteria.
Brown algae is chromista.

what is that thing by the ocean?
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/gastropod-mollusk-eggs-and-egg-masses?tab=observations

Russula vs Amanita: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50831635
Jelly Ears in America: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50426861 also cf https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27241888
VA Blackberries vs Raspberries: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49726469

...but just on p1 of 30!!!

Tips'n'tricks
http://www.cassisaari.com/inaturalist-tips-tricks/

Identotron
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identotron?observation_id=10306875
i.e. plug "/identotron?observation_id=" between observations and id# in the url

Use Identify to annotate
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/using-identify-to-annotate-observations/1417

A Guide to Guides
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/a-guide-to-inaturalist-guides/950

Search Urls
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki/63

How many / how big pics
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/photo-number-photo-resolution-per-observation/6049

Placeholders & opt-outs
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6150336#activity_comment_3310978

Linking observations
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/using-the-field-similar-observation-set-for-linking-observations-of-lepidoptera-when-raising-on/1018

Animation and video
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/animated-observations

I thought I'd start a collection of identification guides others have pointed me toward.

Moved into a wiki format here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/observing-identifying-wildlife-wiki/

FLIES
https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide

CATERPILLARS
https://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/pdfs/Caterpillars_of_Eastern_Forests.pdf

CLEARWINGS (Hemaris)
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/Sphinx/bshthysbe.htm
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7854

GRASSES
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-identify-grasses/8538/3

TREE OF HEAVEN v WALNUT v SUMAC
(vid) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BA5Dec3_8o

HICKORIES
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/pages/compare-hickories.htm

ASHES
http://www.treeremoval.com/ash-tree-identification-guide/#.XYLP0ChKg-V

FUNGI
(vid) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKF_pIY0Zpc

MICROORGANISMS

https://diatoms.org/genera/pinnularia

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23616#page/7/mode/1up

https://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/UWEXLakes/Documents/programs/convention/2018/WedPM/GinaLaLiberte_BlueGreenAlgaeinWI.pdf

not available online, but useful for ID of genera https://books.google.ru/books/about/Freshwater_Algae_of_North_America.html?id=yjnLAwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

So I got obsessed with Seek, then figured out how to add geotags to my 'fancy' photographs and started focusing on iNaturalist. I'm still not quite sure what etiquette is, or what's useful. But it seemed like one good strategy, as I try to teach myself things, would be to chose a place that's poorly documented (e.g. Waterfront Park) and document it as best I could. So I'll try that, today -- and please let me know if there's a way I could be doing this better or more usefully. Seems like the easiest way to link is like so...