Joined: Jan 20, 2020 Last Active: Sep 7, 2024 iNaturalist
Evolutionary biologist by training, educator by passion. Interested in almost everything, but especially reptiles (non-avian and avian). Willing to contort body to get camera closer for a better photo. He/they
The majority of my recent observations occurred on the ancestral and ongoing homelands and waters of the Coastal Salish peoples, particularly the spuyaləpabš (Puyallup), bəqəlšuł (Muckleshoot), dxʷdəwʔabš (Duwamish), and Nisqually peoples.
I deeply appreciate those experts (academic, professional, or hobbyist) who actively identify records on iNaturalist, including my own. I have learned so much from your generosity, and continue to learn. Thank you!
Most of my identifications to iNaturalist records are categorizing untagged/unclassified observations to high taxonomic levels. I hope that these records will see some attention from experts rather than disappearing into the very large "unknown taxon" haystack. See Identification Etiquette on iNaturalist: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identification-etiquette-on-inaturalist-wiki/1503
"Any day you see a mammal is a good day." - Dr. Bill Teska
North Carolina checklists for all major taxonomic groups: https://nc-biodiversity.com/taxonomic-groups
Identifying common North American orbweavers from the ventral side: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identifying-common-orbweavers-from-the-underside-wiki/275
"Yellow square" iNat Projects for 'unknown' observations https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/73398-phylogenetic-projects-for-unknown-observations
Searchable feather atlas of North American birds: https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/idtool.php
Documenting mushrooms: https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/3531-documenting-mushrooms
Documenting plants: https://www.segrasslands.org/recording-species-in-inat-website
Trillium ovatum and relatives: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Z8dFHkZB6kCNTbEQfZ0SAtWzmkDmefJdOHiXmbbaMY/edit?usp=sharing
A Bug Photographer's Guide to Critical Images Needed for Identification: https://bugguide.net/node/view/258535
Genus Taraxacum in British Columbia: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjb-2018-0094#.XMtI6jBKjIV
PNW mushroom pictorial key: https://www.alpental.com/psms/
Tadpole and frog egg ID: https://infinitespider.com/introduction-to-tadpoles-and-id/
Identifying WA state amphibians and their egg masses: https://wdfw.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/amphibian__eggmass_lesson.pdf
PNW Trilliums: https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2079/2014/02/Trillium.pdf
Hopper insects of North Carolina: https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/bugs/index.php
Ichneumonids of North America: https://ichsofna.org/Ichneumoninae/guide.html
Getting Oaks identified: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/jeffdc/67593-getting-an-oak-identified
PNW Shells and Marine Life: https://www.bily.com/pnwsc/web-content/Northwest-Shells.html
Puget Sound intertidal: https://www.ourwildpugetsound.com/journal/puget-sound-tide-pooling-guide-preview
Reptiles of Ecuador: https://www.reptilesofecuador.com/index.html#species_list
PNW Moths: http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/
PNW Sculpins: https://molamarine.com/assets/images/sculpins%20311.pdf
PNW Flatfishes: https://molamarine.com/assets/images/flatfish%20made%20easy.pdf
Invertebrates of the Salish Sea https://inverts.wallawalla.edu/
Pictorial Skeletal Atlas of Fishes https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/fishatlas/content/default.html
Key to the Eleodes Species of the United States and Canada: https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/eleodesthermopolis/88702-v2-5-a-key-to-the-eleodes-species-of-the-united-states-and-canada
Bryophyte Fauna of North America: https://www.mobot.org/plantscience/bfna/bfnamenu.htm
It is my wish that all of the content I have contributed to iNaturalist remain on the site after my death.