2020-08-01 -- Hockley Valley
First iNaturalist-focused trip outside the city.
Mosquitoes started to rob me of my ability for rational thought, so later observations become hasty.
Thoughts:
- Take / keep taking an anti-histamine
- Try carrying the picaridin-based repellent in an accessible pocket so it can be resprayed whenever necessary.
- Switch back to a high-DEET repellent if it continues to not work. And/or wear gloves? The hands were the worst.
- Take more photos of leaves of flowing plants, other contexts on other plants
- The cell phone macro lens works surprisingly well but focusing is hard. Take 4k videos when it's too much of a stretch to look at the screen, and screen cap them? Or switch to another app that can do MF / bursts.
- Take more angles on spiders when possible
- Maybe some catch/release collection equipment for arthropods (clear plastic bottles, I don't know)