Joined: Apr 30, 2021 Last Active: Aug 11, 2022 iNaturalist
Hello! I'm a Civil Engineer in New Mexico and proud iNaturalist addict. If you want help with an observation or an explanation of an ID, please tag me and ask. When you notice a mistake, please tag me and I will fix it.
Volunteer 'neighborhood ambassador' with Friends of Valle de Oro NWR to promote gardening for wildlife in central New Mexico. I use iNaturalist to track garden visitors and inhabitants (over 900 species and counting).
Contributor at https://pollinatorweb.com, a resource for gardeners in Arizona and New Mexico. Sunflowers are one of our favorites. Articles featuring my garden:
Tribe Cheloneae has become my unofficial specialty on iNat. For Penstemon, please check out my journal posts. I also help with Heliodinidae and moths of Southwestern USA, native bees, gall flies/midges/wasps, and native plants of the four corners region, such as:
Profile picture: Xanthisma spinulosum seedling
Instagram: @elliottgordon2
Reddit: u/Pollinator-Web