[mapleoin]

I would love for someone to make a birding/citizen scientist app that's well gamified. This is basically pokemon. You go places and find different creatures and collect them.

[bhattisatish]

[eBird](https://ebird.org/home) has exactly what you are looking for:

- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ebird-by-cornell-lab-ornitho...

- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.cornell.bi...

Even merlin does some of it:

https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/download/

[zX41ZdbW]

For those interested in birdwatching, I also recommend checking a web app: https://adsb.exposed/?dataset=Birds

Explanation: https://clickhouse.com/blog/birds

[uniq7]

I would love to play that game, and the data could maybe be useful for researchers.

On the other hand, people playing Pokemon GO trespassed private property and protected spaces, so I wonder how far would the players of this game go just to make a pic of a "legendary" animal at the border of extinction.

[have_faith]

iNaturalist is great for logging observations (their iNat Next app is their new one).

They also have an app called Seek that I think is more aimed at kids, but it comes with trophies and streaks and stuff like that.

[yaky]

Seek is impressive just for the sheer number of completely different things it could identify, from mosses to animals. I used it to find native and invasive plants in my garden.

[sodimel]

I had the same idea a few years ago. Would be really great.