Congratulations. That was fun and exciting.
If you wish to see the world situation, it is https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2022
Well done to La Paz and to Cape Town.
And thank you everyone who spent 4 days exploring their cities. I think most southern African cities can congratulate themselves on a job very well done. Hoping that amid the fun, you also had time to explore a few other cities.
Of course, this is not final. Please finish any uploading that you need to catch up on (you have 5 more days) Please regard these as urgent.
And the IDs still need to be done.
We have until midnight on 8 May to make identifications.
It makes sense to work in teams and groups, and not just on our own. Except for Cape Town: they will overwhelm us.
Stage 1 is to clear the unidentified observations.
Here goes (numbers at at 10am Tuesday):
Grassveld and Bushveld:
Urgent ID to group (1595 observations):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&iconic_taxa=unknown&project_id=126400%2C125535%2C126448%2C125987%2C129335%2C123909%2C116909%2C128974%2C125027%2C122659
ID needed to Research Grade (5949):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&project_id=126400%2C125535,126448,125987,129335,123909,116909,128974,125027,122659
KZN:
Urgent ID to group (1980 observations):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&iconic_taxa=unknown&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2022-ethekwini-municipality
ID needed to Research Grade (6740):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2022-ethekwini-municipality
Cape South Coast:
Urgent ID to group (1495 observations):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&iconic_taxa=unknown&project_id=122896%2C125988
ID needed to Research Grade (7504):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&project_id=122896,125988
Western Fynbos:
Urgent ID to group (1247 observations):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&iconic_taxa=unknown&project_id=24572,126065,125697,123126
ID needed to Research Grade (5074):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&project_id=24572%2C126065%2C125697%2C123126
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And dont forget to help Cape Town when you are done. Cape Town has 16,000 observations that critically need an ID: So please when you are done your region, see if you can help Cape Town: Details are here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2022-city-of-cape-town/journal/65296-2022-cnc-done-and-dusted-except-for-the-identifications
Comments
Interested only in specific taxa?
Then use this:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&project_id=city-nature-challenge-southern-africa-2022&place_id=any
and in the SEARCH SPECIES box add in your favourite taxon: order, family, tribe, genus ...
(e.g. Orb Web Spiders).
.* forgotten how it works? refresher here: https://vimeo.com/246153496 (2.5 minutes).
.* remember the FAVE button for anything exceptional
It is very very easy to implement this on the phone app too. For Android: In the Explore window tap on the Filters icon at the top right, in the Project box add your city's name plus 2022, wait for the drop-down options to appear and pick the correct project. Remember to uncheck Research Grade and Sort By Random, then Apply Filters. Start on the first ob and scroll along to the right as you go. Comments, Compare, Species Search and more info on taxa are a tap of the finger away.
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