I'm a photojournalist and numismatic product photographer who has survived cancer, now retired (semi-retired would be a better word), and enjoying life out in the country where I moved to in 2011. I have no formal education as a naturalist but as a researcher I am having a blast hiking with my dog, photographing the wonders around me and attempting the learn what they are and how they interact. iNaturalist has been a godsend in that endeavor. I appreciate all the help I am getting from my fellow iNaturalists (and others). I occasionally get the time to give thanks to some of you that help me with IDs and other interesting information but not nearly as much as I would like. To all of you that have helped I extend a giant thank you!

👉My profile pic is of a "Blue Morph" Green Frog. See more on it here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3815273

👉If you care to take a stab at my MUSHROOM/FUNGI ID's please have at it. This is the one area where I need a lot of help: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ken-potter?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=mushrooms&search_on=&quality_grade=any&reviewed=&geoprivacy=&identifications=any&captive=&place_id=&swlat=&swlng=&nelat=&nelng=&taxon_name=&taxon_id=&day=&month=&year=&order_by=observations.id&order=desc&rank=&hrank=&lrank=&taxon_ids%5B%5D=&d1=&d2=&created_on=&site=&tdate=&list_id=&filters_open=true&view=map

👉I need lots of help on PLANTS:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=29&quality_grade=needs_id&subview=grid&taxon_id=47126&user_id=ken-potter

👉Most of my SUNFLOWER observations remain unattributed and I'm wary about some that have reached Research Grade. Want to help? Check 'em out:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/ken-potter?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=sunflowers&search_on=&quality_grade=any&reviewed=&geoprivacy=&identifications=any&captive=&place_id=&swlat=&swlng=&nelat=&nelng=&taxon_name=&taxon_id=&day=&month=&year=&order_by=observations.id&order=desc&rank=&hrank=&lrank=&taxon_ids%5B%5D=&d1=&d2=&created_on=&site=&tdate=&list_id=&filters_open=true&view=map

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🌱👇👇👇👇👇👇USEFUL LINKS 👇👇👇👇👇👇🌱
(Note: Just because I have links here does not mean I know a single thing about a topic. Most links are those passed on to me by others).

✔Michigan Natural Features Inventory MSU Extension
https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/

✔Distinguishing leaf mines from things that aren't mines
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/leafminers-of-north-america/journal/92482-distinguishing-leaf-mines-from-things-that-aren-t-mines

✔Guide to the Fish of Ohio
http://www.fishofohio.com

✔Montana Field Guide:
https://fieldguide.mt.gov/default.aspx

✔NATIVE PLANT DATABASE - PHRAGMITES FIELD GUIDE:
DISTINGUISHING NATIVE AND EXOTIC FORMS OF
COMMON REED (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS) IN THE UNITED STATES: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publications/idpmctn11494.pdf

✔WILD FLOWERS OF MICHIGAN: https://uswildflowers.com/wfquery.php?State=MI

✔Wildflowers of the United States: https://uswildflowers.com

✔Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World
https://ccw.naturalis.nl/advanced.php

✔USWILDFLOWERS JOURNAL: https://journal.uswildflowers.com/

✔NATIVE PLANT DATABASE:
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/search.php?search_field=&newsearch=true

✔PHRAGMITES FIELD GUIDE: DISTINGUISHING NATIVE AND EXOTIC FORMS OF COMMON REED (PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS) IN THE UNITED STATES:
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publications/idpmctn11494.pdf

✔United States Department of Agriculture:
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/sitenav/national/states/

✔Michigan Flora - University of Michigan Herbarium:
https://michiganflora.net/home.aspx

✔Definitions and Line Drawings of Botanical Terminology:
https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/files/line_drawings.htm

✔Illinois Wildflowers:
https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/

✔WILDFLOWER RESOURCES OHIO:
https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/go-and-do/see-the-sights/wildflowers

✔Goldenrod Galls:
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/28052-goldenrod-galls

✔Gall Formers:
https://www.gallformers.org/
I'll add more later - if you have a good one please send the link in a message.

✔Galls Of The Eastern United States:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/galls-of-the-eastern-united-states

✔A Wandering Botanist:
https://khkeeler.blogspot.com/

✔Birding Blogs Index:
https://www.blogger.com/dashboard/reading

✔ Nature Tracking
http://www.naturetracking.com

✔ U of W Plant/Mushroom Teaching Collection
https://botit.botany.wisc.edu

✔Feather Atlas US Birds
https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas

✔ Name That Plant - Native and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia:
http://www.namethatplant.net

✔ Biological Survey of Canada:
https://biologicalsurvey.ca

✔ Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification:
https://biologicalsurvey.ca/ejournal/bmc_05/key_ancistrocerus.html
https://biologicalsurvey.ca/ejournal/bmc_05/01a_adiabatus.html

✔ PLANTS Database
Plant List of Accepted Nomenclature, Taxonomy, and Symbols:
https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/home

✔ Gallformers:
https://www.gallformers.org

✔ Freshwater Mussels of Michigan:
https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/pdfs/FreshwaterMusselsOfMichigan.pdf

✔ Evolution of the Phlox Family:
https://polemoniaceae.wordpress.com

✔American Asters by wdvanhem:
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/62090-the-exciting-world-of-identifying-asters

✔ Lygus bug nymphal and adult stages:
https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=19630

✔ The Feather Atlas:
https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/idtool.php

✔ Leaf Bunch Galls on Goldenrods - ID Guide:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/ddennism/68147-goldenrod-leaf-bunch-galls

✔ Catalog of Insect Galls on Goldenrods:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/ddennism/28052-goldenrod-galls

✔ Juniperus of Canada and the United States: Taxonomy, Key and Distribution
https://bioone.org/journals/lundellia/volume-21/issue-1/1097-993X-21.1/Juniperus-of-Canada-and-the-United-States--Taxonomy-Key/10.25224/1097-993X-21.1.full

✔HerpMapper:
https://www.herpmapper.org

✔Aphis asclepiadis Dogwood-Milkweed Aphid
https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Aphis_asclepiadis_dogwood-milkweed_aphid.htm

✔The Case for Recognizing Persicaria amphibia and Persicaria coccinea as Distinct Species (Smartweeds):
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/danielatha/43123-the-case-for-recognizing-persicaria-amphibia-and-persicaria-coccinea-as-distinct-species

✔Bee Guides:
Bumble Bees vs other Insects
Distinguishing Bombus impatiens, bimaculatus, & griseocollis
Bombus pensylvanicus vs Bombus auricomus
Bombus affinis
Color Variation in Bees
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/74825-my-bee-guides

✔CLIMBERS: Censusing Lianas In Mesic Biomes of Eastern Regions
https://climbers.lsa.umich.edu/lathyrus-ochroleucus/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CMany%20plants%20of%20this%20genus,over%20long%20periods%20of%20time.