ipomopsis's Journal

What a disaster. I'm so fed up with stupid humans! They want to turn life on this planet into a mass of suffering instead of a thriving ecosystem.

https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/lake-tahoe-glyphosate-22270540.php

I wonder how difficult it would be for Inaturalist to make maps that are normalized for human population density. There are obviously more observations where humans visit and live. That makes maps not truly representative of density of observed species.

Job Opening Director of Tahoe Enviornmental Research Center

https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05974?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic

don't need any publications to tell me this. all you have to do is use your eyes and brain.
human cat companions feral or in a loving family are killing biodiversity on this planet.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/12/1218895581/cats-research-study-environment

https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/lake-tahoe-roadkill-wildlife-study-18435514.php

I was looking through the mysterious Voynich Manuscript
https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2002046

I think it's a hoax based on the images but it might be fun to try to apply the Inaturalist AI engine to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/

Ravens are clearly populating the heck out of Lake Tahoe. I see more and more all the time. On a typical day now I can count about 10 crossing my field of view (even when I don't even leave the house!).
It's very strange. I don't now what's going on but I don't like it.
Perhaps they are coming in with all the other trash and over-development humans are bringing to Tahoe that's throughout international news lately.

I started two new projects in addition to my scat containing trash project.
One for trees struck by lightning and another for recovering damaged trees.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/damaged-trees-db6c43b1-fea6-4c65-bdc9-d61c3b4dcf50
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lightning-strikes

It took me a while combing through Inaturalist but I was amazed at how many observations I found of lighting strikes. So cool!

I finally started a project for this and I found a few observations by other people around the world. Might be interesting to see which species show up the most. Likely Coyote.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/feces-scat-with-trash