I am usually all about leaving your phone at home, or at least in your car. But the iNatuarlist app helps you look more closely. Not only will you be introduced to a whole new world of insects, plants, and fungi, but odds are quite good that either the app itself, or someone in the international ecological community, will help you identify what you saw. The data you generate can help support scientific research, as well as create a very accurate picture of what is happening in nature and who you are sharing the neighborhood with. It creates a real time, shared map of the ecology in your area.
visit https://www.inaturalist.org/ to get started. Below are a few of my fun finds.
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