THE FINAL ID PUSH: TIME TO STOCKTAKE

Well done Cape Town!

our current breakdown is:
70,817 Observations recorded (remember our target was 60,000!)
with
23,933 Research Grade (34%)
Needs ID (55%)
11,863 - need confirmation at species level (17% - so total IDs to species level = 51% !!!)
18,492 - identified above species level (26%)
8,300 - no ID at all (12%)
&
8,238 marked casual (most planted and captive - 12%)

Species: 4,717 (our target was 5,000 - can we get there?

Please dont forget our FAVES: please fave any observations that you think should be considered for observations of the City of Cape Town Nature Challange 2021.

So our focus today is two fold:

1. Get our total IDs up.
Please clear the No IDs bin. - click here

• Remember: ID as fine as you can - family level or below: skip if you do not know. (do not ID as "plant" or "dicot"!
• Note: animals are largely cleared from the No ID bin: we need plant people here. For animals, please see the group summaries at https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/51225-identification-time
• See instructions at https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/51225-identification-time

2. Stocktake and hunt down missing species.

If you are a specialist or expert, or have a favourite group, then please take 10 minutes and check your group.
Use this link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=city-nature-challenge-2021-city-of-cape-town&view=species

(note the total here is purely species: it does not include subspecies and varieties - these are included in the species counts. It also does not include leaves [dont worry about what this means]).

Now in the species box, put in your genus or tribe or family. This will list all the species recorded and identified in Cape Town during the challenge, in descending order. The rare species will be at the end.

Check for any species that you expect to see. If they are missing, then our next step is to hunt through the unidentified observations and see if they were seen.
To find them, we need to go through those identified to your group, but not at species level. The quickest way is here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lrank=genus&place_id=any&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2021-city-of-cape-town&quality_grade=needs_id

Again: add your favourite group in the species box and quickly scan down the observations looking for any species missing from the lists. No need to make IDs for common species here: you are looking for the gems. When you get to the bottom of the page, click on the next page and quickly run through your group. ((remember open the gems with a mouse-wheel-click so that they open in a new tab and dont interfere with your scanning the lists).

• If you want to clear your group by identifying all the remaining observations that need ID, then use the curation tool:
  https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?verifiable=true&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2021-city-of-cape-town&place_id=any
  Again: add your favourite group in the species box and open the tool by clicking on a card.

If your group is done, please clear the Needs ID at species level: confirm the IDs by agreeing, or post a new ID if you think it is wrong. Click
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?verifiable=true&project_id=city-nature-challenge-2021-city-of-cape-town&hrank=species&place_id=any
Again: add your favourite group in the species box and open the tool by clicking on a card.

Good luck. Let us see how far we can get in the last 14 hours that we can make identifications for the challenge!

• will we clear the No IDs?
• will we make 5000 species?
• will we identify 2/3 of our observations to species level (Yes, this is a hard target: Lets Go!)

Well done Cape Town - we are almost there. Our last push!! Let's show everyone how it is done!!

Posted on May 9, 2021 08:14 AM by tonyrebelo