600 "Species"

On December 13th, 2020, this Project reached 600 "Species" - different Taxa, at any level - identified. I neglected to get a screenshot of that Project milestone, but I commemorated it with a tweet:

I just reached 600 Taxa ("Species") for the @iNaturalist Project I setup for my home and garden, Flatbush Gardener's Garden.

What pushed me over the top?

1. @ceiseman started identifying a number of my leaf miners down to Genus, and even species. This was possible because I've been identifying the Host Plants. I know the plants well because they're growing in my own garden! I either planted them, or - more often for the leaf miners - they are weeds I've come to know (and sometimes love).
2. In one case, his ID led me to correct the identification of a woody plant I've been struggling to identify growing on the side of our house since we bought it 15 years ago. That became another Genus-level "species".
3. With 600 in reach, I looked back at my old photos. I realized I had a lot of bird photos I had never entered into iNaturalist. I added a handful that were new species, and voila! 600 species.

Posted on December 20, 2020 05:18 PM by xris