ID-Blitz December 2021

Hey everyone we did it! We survived ID-blitz December 2021!

• 54 people made 30,948 identifications in 48 hours
• Unknowns decreased from 259,666 to 241,321, that is 18,345 unknowns cleared
• Plantae stayed nearly the same (though not without hard work!) changing from 596,605 to 596,422
• Fungi rose from 502,575 to 504,192
• Animalia decreased from 45,570 to 44,476
• All remaining kingdoms are about the same (Protozoa 1,473/1,472)(Chromista 1,265/1,270)(Bacteria 1,263/1,249)(Viruses 963/969)(Archaea 31/30)
• Total kingdom level observations rose from 1,149,745 to 1,150,081

You will be contacted directly with your individual number of IDs made.

@marina_gorbunova, @sue1001, @wildskyflower, @peakaytea, @paloma, @annkatrinrose, @lynnharper, @sdjbrown, @arboretum_amy, @richyfourtytwo, @danieldas, @beetle_mch, @roysh, @vireyajacquard, @antrozousamelia, @egordon88, @abhijatshakya, @driftlessroots, @helmwige, @mmmmbugs, @elschongar, @rainhead, @avocat, @trh_blue, @lisa_bennett, @odonut, @machi, @sambiology, @deboas, @kevinfaccenda, @glisby, @teawren, @dallonweekes, @fseichter, @lappelbaum, @ncb1221, @dianastuder, @jmillsand, @blastcat, @jonathan_mack, @navaneethsinigeorge, @trscavo, @ionam, @kitbeard, @calopogon, @fuzzyspider, @caja-manga, @jbecky, @naturejeanne, @lera, @kristalwatrous, @hederahelix, @emilyearthquake, @wkostick

Edit: I didn't consider checking this right when the event ended, but as of 1 hour after event end time, 3855 observations identified during the event are research grade.

Edit 2: more breakdowns!
Category/Count/% of All
Plants/16,509/53.4
Insects/8,048/26.0
Fungi/2,174/7.0
Other Animals/1,133/3.7
Birds/793/2.6
Other/657/2.1
Arachnids/389/1.3
Mammals /443/1.4
Ray-Finned Fish/ 242/0.8
Mollusks/212/0.7
Reptiles/120/0.4
Amphibians/101/0.3
Protozoa/81/0.3
Chromista/41/0.1
All/30,943/100.0 less ↑