City Nature Challenge 2020: Garden Route's Journal

April 28, 2021

REMEMBER CNC21

City Nature Challenge 2021 starts this Friday 30 April.
Enjoy the challenge
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-garden-route
https://www.facebook.com/GardenRouteCNC

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April 5, 2021

March 9, 2021

Quick Tour of iNaturalist Free · Online event

Quick Tour of iNaturalist Free · Online event
https://web.facebook.com/events/1796538790510905?active_tab=about

Remember to join the GRCNC21 project and join the action
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-garden-route/journal

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March 4, 2021

Virtual training sessions for everyone

From City Nature Challenge 2021: Tshwane's Journal for all:

Virtual training sessions
Virtual training sessions will be hosted by the CREW team every Friday morning during March and April. Leave your name in the comments below with the date that best suits you. The link for MS Teams or Zoom will be shared. Evening training sessions may be arranged as required for 18:30 - 19:30. Leave a comment should you be interested.

In-person training for a group of 10 people max can be arranged. Please post your requests in comments below for further engagement.

Prerequisites to join a course:

Good internet connection.
iNaturalist APP preloaded onto your mobile device.
iNaturalist profile created .Make contact prior to the session should you have challenges creating a profile.
an image to upload
Weekly sessions will be as follows:
1-hour Smartphone session (9:00 - 10:00) will cover the following topics:
• Making an observation
• Doing lots of pictures
• Zooming in
• Observe and leave IDs for after
• Adding projects
• Saving
• Working offline with auto-upload off and ID suggestions off
• Battery and saving power + auxillary packs
• Extras: macro lenses, sounds,
• Uploading at night
• Questions

1-hour Computer session (10:30-11:30) will cover the following topics:
• Taking photos
• Doing mapwork (tricks: tracks on smartphone or GPS, inserting exif)
• Cropping and checking
• Uploading observations
• Adding projects and data
• Checking.
• Checking data and uploads
• Helping with IDs
• Homework: planning for the CNC

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February 23, 2021

Have you joined the Garden Route City Nature Challenge project for 2021 yet?

Please join and follow the project here to receive updates and information:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-garden-route

It is suggested that if you use Facebook to join the GRCNC page. It was noted last year that during the heat of the event, posts on iNaturalist did not always go through. All posts will also be uploaded to the Facebook page.
https://web.facebook.com/GardenRouteCNC/

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January 27, 2021

City Nature Challenge 2021: Garden Route project

The project for the City Nature Challenge 2021 Garden Route has been created.

The Challenge runs from 30 April to 03 May 2021, with a further upload and ID period until midnight 09 May 2021.
Please join and follow the project here to receive updates and information:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-garden-route

It is suggested that if you use Facebook to join the GRCNC page. It was noted last year that during the heat of the event, posts on iNaturalist did not always go through. All posts will also be uploaded to the Facebook page.
https://web.facebook.com/GardenRouteCNC/

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you and your observations there.

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September 25, 2020

Great Southern Bioblitz 2020

Start prepping for next years CNC by doing observations this weekend in the Great Southern Bioblitz 2020
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2020-garden-route-district
Ends Monday 28 September 2020.

Come 2021 CNC you will know more about what is around you, and where to find it.
Enjoy

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May 8, 2020

iNaturalist observation of the month.

Every month the community nominates an observation for the month.
How does this work?
Firstly, join the project Nominations: Observation of the Month (s Afr) https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/nominations-observation-of-the-month-s-afr,
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/observation-of-the-year-s-afr
These are all traditional projects, so you need to add the observation to the project.

Now, make sure that you favourite the observation that you like. It must be observed and uploaded during that particulat month.
See example here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43606795
Once you have joined the project and favourited it, add it to the “Nominations: Observation of the Month (s Afr)” project.

You may nominate more than 1 observation if you feel like it.
You may also “favourite” more than 1 observation, so go have a look at the others and add your favourites as well.

And while you about joining projects, join
Observation of the Month (s Afr) https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/observation-of-the-month-s-afr
And
Observation of the Year (s Afr)
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/observation-of-the-year-s-afr

Enjoy

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May 5, 2020

A final post to a say thank you. Until 2021 CNC. Bigger and Better

THANK ONE, THANK ALL, THANK EVERYONE

With the City Nature Challenge done and dusted for 2020 we would love you to give your input on how it can be improved, expanded, or just general comments and feeling on the project.
Did you have any interesting experience’s? Let us hear about them.

Leave your comments at: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-garden-route/journal/34699-for-southern-africa-the-city-nature-challenge-2020-is-done-and-dusted

Cape Town is under the impression the Garden Route will always follow in their dust. Really!!!

One big challenge the Garden Route faces heading to the 2021 CNC is how to get more observers on board.
Here we need everyone to assist in this. Do not wait for the next CNC. Start to get people involved now.
Practice makes perfect.
And the Little Karoo is part of the Garden Route. So, get your family and friends involved that side as well.
And we are always there to assist and answer any questions.

Been a bit watered down as it ended as an Event instead of a Challenge, the Garden Route can still hold its heads up high and brag.

As an Event and not a Challenge there will be no official leader results. But the information available clearly gives us this intel.

The Garden not only came in 2nd in Southern Africa, but also 2nd on the African continent and 10th overall globally.

Likewise, on the species list. Garden Route came in 2nd in Southern Africa, but also 2nd on the African continent and 6th overall globally.

Stay tuned in on Facebook https://web.facebook.com/GardenRouteCNC/ for future developments, news and information.

Next year. Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS. Cape Town, you may want to start scripting your runner up speeches.

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May 3, 2020

For Southern Africa, the City Nature Challenge 2020 is done and dusted.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-all-southern-african-cities
A couple of hours to go and the rest of the world will follow suit.

Garden Route did very well.
Everyone can all be immensely proud of the achievement.
Every person who in someway participated in the challenge can hold their head up high.

17742 observations where clocked up in the Garden Route, making it 31% of the 56839 observations recorded in Southern Africa.
2421 species recorded in the Garden Route, with a total of 5151 species recorded in Southern Africa.
And all this by 315 observers.

-- Observers:
User jeccica1468 racked up 881 observations, followed by nina196 with 783, then outramps-tanniedi with 508.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-garden-route?tab=observers

-- Species:
The most viewed was the Cape Weaver with 118 observations, followed by the Spekboom with 90 observations, then the Cape Honeysuckle with 87 observations.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-garden-route?tab=species

-- Identifiers:
A total of 448 people helped identify observations. And here, as much as I like to highlight the tops, I will not.
Each person in their respective field did an amazing job in identifications.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-garden-route?tab=identifiers

This is not a challenge only for a small group of people. It is for everyone. No matter where you stay.
It is for schools, businesses, families, groups, friends, clubs, organizations, individually or whatever other form of activity you may take part in.

Stay with us and let us all use the information and experience gathered this year to build a greater 2021.

During today we will have the worldwide results.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020
The Garden Route is still holding in at 9th position for observations. We have a 73-observation lead on 10th spot. Hope we can keep it.
As to the number of species, the 6th spot seems pretty secured at 2421 species. A lead of 215 species ahead of 7th spot.

Enjoy, and Be Safe

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