HI all - make sure all your observations added to this project were seen within the time period March 1 - May 15, 2022. RIght now we have several observations that were seen before this project started, so the numbers are not correct.
Wow, you have been so active! We have had a chilly spring here in the Northeast, but now I hope the spring explosion of green and living critters are coming soon. But look at all the things that have been reported from around the world.
As of right now:
24441 observations (maybe on track for a record or near-record) - record is 68914 observations from 2021, and there is a lot of time left to report more things.
4728 species (record was set in 2021 with 8844 species), get all those common and rare things around the world reported.
90 people have reported observations in 2022 (114 reported in 2021, and we have 128 people who signed up for 2022 - every observatiion counts!
Keep the cool finds rolling in! We have observations from many parts of the world, and lets celebrate our everyday biodiversity by sharing it here on iNaturalist.
Take care!
Lena
The iNaturalist City Nature Challenge is coming up in two weeks! (https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2022) It takes place April 29-May 2 and cities compete against one another to see who can make the most observations of the most species and with the most participants. Any observation made on those days within the boundaries of one of the "cities" counts toward the project, unlike the Personal Bioblitz, you do not need to add it by hand.
I will be helping New York (https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2022-new-york-city) and Philly (https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2022-greater-philadelphia-area). If you are in the New Jersey area, I am hosting three "meet-ups" where folks gather at an interesting park and then go around looking for observations and sharing interesting finds for an hour or two.
Saturday, April 30 at 10 am at Conference House Park, 243 Satterlee St. Staten Island, NY
Sunday, May 1 at 10 am at Whitesbog Historic Village, 120 West Whites Bog Rd., Browns Mills, NJ (Burlington Co.)
Monday, May 2 at 9 am at Giving Pond, 1068 River Rd., Upper Black Eddy, PA (Bucks Co.)
If you can make any of them, I would love to have you. At any rate, I hope you can find a city near you to observe in over the weekend, or can help in the following week to ID others' observations.
Sara Rall
