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Amateur naturalist in Michigan with an interest in native wildlife preservation.

Quail, especially Northern Bobwhites, are some of my favorite kinds of birds, and I have been working on a Northern Bobwhite repopulation project in my area.

I am a strong believer in the benefits community science. When people become passionate about something, they seek out more information, and others who share that passion. This helps science in general immensely. I love the enthusiasm my fellow iNatters have in their areas of interest!

Please feel free to tag me for any bone or quail observations of any species! I'm generally better with Odontophoridae (New World Quail) But I'm ok at Old World Quail as well, especially genus Coturnix.

I am currently working on identifying and annotating all of the Northern Bobwhite Quail and Montezuma Quail observations. I would like to eventually add IDs and annotations for all birds in the family Odontophoridae, but for now I am starting (relatively) small.

Also, like everyone here, I am still learning. If you correct an ID of mine, let me know what field marks to look for next time! I appreciate interacting with those more knowledgable than I am, and I like knowing what to look for when observing and identifying. I will try to do the same with my own identifications as well.

Here's my eBird profile: https://ebird.org/profile/MzQ3MDg0NA

About me:

• I am part of the MI Vernal Pool Patrol and enjoy adding observations through GIS of all of the species I find in our vernal pool.
• I am also a part of Project Monarch Watch!
• My favorite habitats are grassland biomes and vernal pools, but I love them all and would love to explore ones I have never been to.
• I love collecting and ID-ing animal skulls. The Skulls and Bones project has taught me so much about bone ID, and being able to tell what an animal was by a bone is so rewarding!
• I have a website on keeping quail and also a bunch of wildlife-related things. Feel free to check it out! https://anolesquailsandmaybecattails.neocities.org/
• My native language is English, I am also proficient in ASL and okay at Japanese. If I comment in a language other than English, I am probably using Google Translate. (Even for Japanese because I do not have the Japanese keyboard enabled.)

My iNat Stats
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2022/giannamaria
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2023/giannamaria
https://www.inaturalist.org/stats/2024/giannamaria

Here is a list of species I have identified: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?ident_user_id=giannamaria&not_user_id=giannamaria,96&place_id=any&subview=map&view=species

Thank you to everyone who has helped me out with IDs! I appreciate it.

Websites I Like

• https://www.anoleannals.org/
• https://avianosteology.blogspot.com/2020/04/
• https://quailforever.org/
• https://themushroomconservatory.com/

It is my wish that all of the content I have contributed to iNaturalist (photos, comments, etc.) remain on the site in the event of my death.

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