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Index of Subjects In like vein, Discoverlife.org was recently brought to my attention. It has many features including good keys to bees. DW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Wigney" <bkwigney@gmail.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 9:43 AM Subject: [NatureNS] iNaturalist.ca - new website - is anyone using it yet? > All, > > I'm wondering how many on NatureNS know about and are using the new > iNaturalist.ca website? I managed to stumble across it yesterday while > doing a web search to find out if there are other Nova Scotia records for > the Calyptra canadensis moth that I posted a photo of a couple of days > ago. Anyhow, what a terrific website for Canadian naturalists! I can't > imagine how I didn't know about it before this. The site is the Canadian > branch of iNaturalist.org. The Canadian site has been online since June > 11, 2015, so it's still relatively new. I joined and put up a profile > yesterday and have added about 15 of my very recent nature observations. > Now that I've seen how well the site works, I'll be adding many more from > the past. You can access the site using your web browser, but they also > have apps that will run on Apple or Android phones and tablets (I believe > those are ready now). You'll find that there are many ways to use the > website - for recordings individual observations, or creating a "place" > where observations can be added to show what exists at that location. You > can search for species observations made by others. There is the > capability of making journal entries. Lots more that can be done. It is > seamlessly linked to the iNaturalist.org site, so if you are looking for > records on a species that is in both the U.S. and Canada, the records for > both will appear during searches. I've been hoping for something like > this for years and here it is! > > Anyhow, here's a press release from the CWF (Canadian Wildlife Federation) > website from June 11th that describes the launch of the site and has links > to the actual site: > http://cwf-fcf.org/en/discover-wildlife/resources/mobile/inaturalist-canada.html > > or, if you just want to go straight to the site, here is a link. Setting > up a profile is quick and easy. Entering data is also quite simple. I > hope to see others from NatureNS entering observations on the site. > http://inaturalist.ca > > Bev Wigney > Round Hill, NS > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6081 / Virus Database: 4392/10310 - Release Date: 07/26/15 >
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