My wife and I are a naturalist team. We photograph anything that holds still for us, which turns out to be a lot of flowers and pollinators. We recently started using a 15x Xenvo macro lens that clips on the phone.

Helpful links:
Map to compare taxa, e.g. desert stink beetles: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/map?taxa=790491,565317,218969,427371,358858,790444,790494#5/38.64/-104.38

Sorted observations by least observed:
https://elias.pschernig.com/wildflower/leastobserved.html?user=conorflynn

Plants seen in April around Prescott but not observed by us:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?iconic_taxa=Plantae&month=4&nelat=34.933329497507906&nelng=-111.95795782841742&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&subview=map&swlat=34.15737279770655&swlng=-112.95496710576117&unobserved_by_user_id=conorflynn&without_taxon_id=3

How to Use iNat Search URLs: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki-part-1-of-2

Our observations of pollinators in Yavapai County: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1823&subview=table&user_id=conorflynn&verifiable=any&field:Nectar%20%2F%20Pollen%20delivering%20plant=

Monarchs in AZ that have a nectar plant ID: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=40&subview=map&taxon_id=48662&verifiable=any&field:Nectar%20%2F%20Pollen%20delivering%20plant=

Observations in Yavapai county that need ID help to overcome maverick IDs: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=1823&project_id=pre-maverick&verifiable=any

Our Maverick IDs: https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications?user_id=conorflynn&category=maverick

Our observations with inaccurate geopoints (more than 100km): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?acc_above=100000&place_id=any&user_id=conorflynn

Comments by us and comments on our observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/comments?for_me=true

New taxa observed for the first time in a place: https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNatAPIv1_identifications_recent_taxa.html?place_id=130970&taxon_id=47126&hrank=species&order=desc&order_by=created_at&per_page=200&quality_grade=research

Observations around the house: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?user_id=conorflynn&geoprivacy=obscured

Observations of cultivated species: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=conorflynn&verifiable=any&quality_grade=casual

More info on the API: https://api.inaturalist.org/v1/docs/#!/Identifications/get_identifications_recent_taxa

Helpful iNaturalist info:
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help

Commonly Used ID Responses:
https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/responses

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