May 11, 2019

Another tide pool gathering of students, alumni, family, and friends. We checked around the same area of Pelican Point. Encouraging to find a brittle star (Ophiuroidea) but no Ochre Stars still. Evidence of octopus activity with Lobster carapaces, but haven't actually found an octopus in a few years. Of course fun to keep looking. Got 6 more people to use iNaturalist at the hobby/enthusiast level.
Next day, parents called me camping in Yosemite. "What is that App you use to ID organisms?" Retired Biology professor and elementary teacher / amateur botanist. They started using it too! Yay iNaturalist! Next paycheck I will contribute because this is such a great app and site.

Posted on May 14, 2019 05:25 AM by randallgood