Cuba - iNaturalist World Tour
We're still in the Caribbean today as we move to Cuba for the 66th stop on the iNaturalist World Tour! The top observer in Cuba with a significant lead in the leaderbaords is @wayne_fidler based at US Naval Station Guantanamo Bay at the southeastern tip of Cuba. Several other top observers such as @kbakkegard, of Samford University in Birmingham, AL, and @alex835 have observations clustered in this region. Like @wayne_fidler, @alex835, appears from their observations to be a top observer who is resident on the island. Top observers @ahospers and @cwbarrows have observations distributed all around Cuba. A small group of top observers such as @krisskinou have observations clustered around the town of Guardalavaca in the north east. The largest group of top observers including @josh_vandermeulen, @paultavares, and @carnifex have observations clustered around Playa Larga near Parque Nacional Cienaga de Zapata. @josh_vandermeulen leads tours in Cuba for Quest Nature Tours out of Ontario. @seakeepers_e3_cuba is an account associated with the International SeaKeepers Society which has posted underwater observations from several sites in Cuba. Don't miss this Observation of the week post about a marbled swamp eel seen by @henicorhina in Parque Nacional La Güira towards the western end of the Cuba.
The number of observations per month has been slowly ramping up since around 2016 and is currently around 600 observations per month.
@wayne_fidler is the top observer, top identifier, and leads in birds, insects and herp identifications. Thanks so much for all your contributions wayne! @greenlineis the second top identifier from nearby Haiti and leads in plant identifications. Thanks to @maractwin and @susanhewitt for identifying the many sea creature observations from Cuba. And thanks to all the other top Cuba identifiers such as @jbroadhead, @joshuagsmith, and top observer @alex835.
What can we do to get more people in Cuba involved in iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below or on this forum thread
@wayne_fidler @ahospers @krisskinou @kbakkegard @alex835 @josh_vandermeulen @paultavares @greenline @jbroadhead @joshuagsmith
We’ll be back tomorrow in Romania!
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I finally have a visible dot in the iNat international sweepstakes!
There´s a mistake in the observer/identifier board
thanks @mack911, fixed it
Thanks so giving me an amazing platform to share, list and most importantly learn from!
@ahospers has to be the user with the longest profile in iNat :)
@langlands Wait till you see some of the spam profiles that get created!
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