Event summary and thank you!
Once again, thank you, everyone, for participating in the fifth Socially Distant Bioblitz (SDB)! Here is a condensed event summary followed by an overview of the 5-part Socially Distant Bioblitz Series. Enjoy!
SDB #5 summary:
80 observers submitted nearly 7,750 observations from 6 continents and 21 countries, which yielded 2,596 species. Congratulations to @ivanort in New York, USA for finding the most species (465) during the bioblitz! Runner-up mentions go out to @bonnieeamick, in Virginia, USA (416 species) and @alexis_orion in Germany (378 species).
Our collective “day” started soon after midnight at 12:54 AM local time west of Gold Coast, Australia, where @dustaway documented an Hypomecis externaria moth. After 41.5 hours of bioblitz fun, the observation period ended when @masonmaron recorded fire-colored beetle southeast of Seatlle, Washington (USA) at 11:26 PM local time.
SDB Series Summary:
The bioblitz on 5 July was the fifth and final bioblitz planned in our Socially Distant Bioblitz Series, which collected over 65,000 observations containing nearly 11,000 species. Over 700 participants submitted observations, representing 62 countries! Our goals for this series were to 1) help stave off cabin fever with many people working from home or stuck in quarantine, 2) encourage local and hyper-local exploration of the natural world, 3) bring more exposure to iNaturalist, and 4) give citizen-scientists an opportunity to feel socially connected while physically isolated. We hope you feel we achieved these goals, and we trust you enjoyed participating! Questions, comments, or feedback? Share by posting a comment below or send us a message – we would love to hear from you!
Lastly, @stephen169 brought to our attention the upcoming Great Southern Bioblitz , which runs from 25-28 September. Don’t live in the Southern Hemisphere? You can still support this event by assisting with IDs and encouraging your more southern friends to participate. It is going to be a fun international event!
Warm regards,
Steven Lamonde (@slamonde ), Sara Lobdell (@slob973 ) & Michael Nerrie (@mnerrie )
List of SDB #5 participating countries (21): Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czechia, Fiji, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States.
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Sad this is the last one! I'm still on work furlough.
On a personal note, I truly enjoyed connecting with other iNat users around the globe through the SDB Series. Pre global pandemic, I was driving hundreds of miles per week for work, research, and family, and during the crisis my travel has largely been limited to the nearest grocery store. The SDB Series gave me, and others I hope, a unique way to explore far-off regions of the world via observations submitted to the SDB. Not only was exploring photos and audio recordings of organisms a blast, answering questions about the bioblitzes in numerous languages (with the help of Google Translate) was great fun! Swapping stories, helpful iNat advice, and sharing Covid-19 news/regulations with others was immensely informative and eye-opening. So thank you all! If anyone ever wants to team up for a future iNat project or initiative, send me a message! ~Steven
Are you sure the rankings are correct? It looks like casual observations were included, which I really doubt should be the case
Hi @mws, casual observations were included when the collection project when it was set up. To inspire collection of higher quality data, only Needs ID and Research Grade observations will be included :) Thanks for your comment!
I personally wouldn't have included casual observations when looking at the rankings, and I guess I'm having trouble seeing why you would, as they're not usually considered valid data
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