Joined: Jun 21, 2018 Last Active: Oct 9, 2024 iNaturalist
Hello! I'm josh and I'm a freelance field naturalist. My specialties include birds, herps, odonata, lepidoptera, and plants - man do I love plants - but I find the whole natural world to be incredibly fascinating and will happily stop to look at most any organism that crosses my path. I have a very deep interest in our native orchids (see my profile photo) and revel in discovering new locations, even for common species. I thoroughly enjoy spending time in the field, especially in unique biomes, like the mountain peatlands or shale barrens of Maryland, or Taxodium (cypress) domes in Florida; I'm always impressed that organisms can not only exist, but also flourish in these environments! I crave knowledge and have a strong wanderlust and hope to someday be able to see more of what the world has to offer.