10.000 observations!

Good day all,

We've added 10.000 verifiable Camera Trap observations from around the world to this project!
I've really enjoyed going through all of these and seeing what people worldwide are capturing on their cameras. A big thank you to everybody who uploaded their own or others' observations!
If anybody wants to become a curator just let me know. You'll be able to more easily find suitable observations to add and help with identifying observations already in the project.

I've spent a lot of time digging through this site thinking of every keyword I could think of that people would add to camera trap observations and putting them through google translate so I could also find observations from non-English speakers. Most people don't add any description or keywords to their observations though, which can make camera trap images hard to find. One method I've found effective for finding these is just searching for species that you only really find by camera trapping (jaguars for example). The users who upload camera trap pictures of these creatures usually have a lot of other images as well that I can then add to the project. But there's still a loooot more camera trap images out there on the site, including some by users that have uploaded literally thousands:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?not_in_project=camera-traps-trail-cams&place_id=any&taxon_id=40151&user_id=apffmesetadecacaxtla
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?not_in_project=camera-traps-trail-cams&place_id=any&taxon_id=40151&user_id=oebenin
So if anyone is bored on a rainy day and feels like adding some to the project, you're very welcome to do so. ;)

Now let's look at some interesting stats:
Of the 727 species that were observed 365 were mammals, 318 were birds, 32 were reptiles or amphibians and 12 were something else, including 1 plant: an apple. (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4071614)

North America is by far the biggest contributor with 7193 observations of 345 species. (of which 141 mammals, & 179 birds. The Coyote was the most seen species with 750 observations.)
Africa has 1249 observations of 198 species. (128 mammal & 63 bird species. Lion most observed species.)
Europe has 566 observations of 66 species. (37 mammals, 27 birds. Red Fox)
South America has 434 observations of 75 species. (53 mammals, 19 birds. Spotted Paca)
Australasia has 228 observations of 80 species. (35 mammals, 37 birds. Common Brushtail Possum)
Asia has only 107 observations of 38 species. (35 mammals, 2 (!) birds. Wild Boar)

And now a random selection of observations that I thought were really cool:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4207805
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8998151
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6442719
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8674909
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6441951
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12048755
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12582733

And finally this most mysterious of camera trap captures:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5000451

Thanks all!

Posted on June 11, 2018 05:39 PM by stanvrem