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Doesn’t work for some flowers though

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's how I identified my yard bun. Also a cottontail.

[–] reddig33 5 points 3 months ago

Cutie patootie!

[–] nifty 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I love you got so up close to it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It will almost take grass from me. It'll come up and sniff it but doesn't trust quite that much. Then inevitably a loud truck comes by and scares it off. One of these days maybe I'll get to give it pets.

[–] nifty 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s adorable >.< Wild animals are kinda scary to touch because of the the untold amounts of germs they carry, be careful

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago
[–] lgmjon64 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Seek app by iNaturalist is great. It's really good at identifying pants and animals and to a lesser degree, fungi. It's also used for research, so it's pretty cool. My wife and I always update each other on how many new species we snapped at the end of the day.

[–] firkin_slang_whanger 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm really impressed that you are able to identify pants with your phone. /s 🤣

[–] lgmjon64 8 points 3 months ago

"Yup, those are pants." - my phone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm using it to identify plants from its leaves. What a handy features but they did scan our photos!

[–] nifty 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I am totally looking for more privacy oriented options, I am not thrilled about being in the big tech ecosystem

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And check out Merlin Bird ID, it will recognize bids songs and tell you what sort of bird made them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Also iNaturalist. It's not as automated as Merlin, but I've found that you can get help from users there when Merlin doesn't recognize the bird. iNaturalist is especially good for identifying flora and fauna photos, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Thats a quality bun right there mmhmm.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It may be because there are two types of flowers in the photo! The ones with lots of little “trumpets” appear to be lantana. The pink one could be a lot of things, it’s hard for me to tell without seeing the flower and plant more clearly. You can always post to the gardening community for help with plant IDs :)

[–] nifty 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Oooh good point! I’ll have to try with just one flower

Edit you were right!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago
[–] Blaster_M 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] SzethFriendOfNimi 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Apple, phonus mobilus?

[–] nifty 1 points 3 months ago

I don’t know tbh, all I know it’s cotton tail 🤷‍♀️