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Doesn’t work for some flowers though

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[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Cutie patootie!

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I love you got so up close to it

[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 10 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@lemmy.world 3 points 10 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

[–] lgmjon64@lemmy.world 12 points 10 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@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] lgmjon64@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

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

[–] faizalr@kbin.run 6 points 10 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@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago
[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 2 points 10 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.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

Thats a quality bun right there mmhmm.

[–] cleanandsunny 3 points 10 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@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

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

Edit you were right!

[–] cleanandsunny 3 points 10 months ago
[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Apple, phonus mobilus?

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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