THE RESULTS ARE IN AND THE WINNERS ARE?
First, all of you - we broke the records of most species (4874 species) and most observations (20823 species) for a Personal Bioblitz, with a very large margin. Sara Rall broke the record of most observations reported by a single participant (4907, about 25% of the total observations this year). This is amazingly impressive.
Here is a summary of the winners - details will soon be in a full report on our website. Note that the number of species have been corrected and are not correct on the project home page - most people have higher numbers than the home page states.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS - you all worked very hard and I hope you had great fun!
Top ten overall for species:
- Annika Lindqvist (830) [citizen scientist from Texas]
- Eva Hedström (685) [field biologist/chemist from Sweden]
- Sara Rall (672) [citizen scientist from New Jersey]
- Torbjörn Peterson (580) [herpetologist from Sweden]
- John Beetham (502) [citizen scientist from New Jersey]
- Lena Struwe (481) [botanist at Rutgers University, NJ]
- Ashley Goncalves (470) [undergraduate student at Rutgers University, NJ]
- Tyler Christensen (459) [undergraduate student at Rutgers University, NJ]
- Julie Tuttle (452) [ecologist at University of North Carolina, NC]
- Claus Holzapfel (451) [plant ecologist at Rutgers University, NJ]
Winners in separate categories for most species:
Undergraduate students: Ashley Goncalves (470)
Graduate students: Joni Baumgarten (271)
Staff, faculty (including retired): Lena Struwe (481)
Friends: Annika Lindqvist (830)
Family members: Eva Hedström (685)
Alumni: John Beetham (502)
Top ten overall for observations:
- Sara Rall (4,907) [citizen scientist from New Jersey]
- Annika Lindqvist (1,928) [physician from Texas]
- Eva Hedström (1,275) [field biologist and chemist from Sweden]
- Torbjörn Peterson (1,131) [herpetologist from Sweden]
- John Beetham (962) [citizen scientist from New Jersey]
- Susan Hewitt (954) [malacologist from New York, NY]
- Erik Danielson (822) [citizen scientist from Staten Island, NY]
- Lena Struwe (816) [botanist at Rutgers University, NJ]
- Julie Tuttle (596) [ecologist at University of North Carolina, NC]
- Alan Weakley (560) [botanist at University of North Carolina, NC]
Winners in separate categories for most observations
Undergraduate students: Ashley Goncalves (512)
Graduate students: Joni Baumgarten (536)
Staff, faculty: Lena Struwe (816)
Friends: Sara Rall (4907)
Family members: Eva Hedström (1275)
Alumni: John Beetham (962)
Most observed species - they are not all birds this year!
- Garlic mustard (110 observations) - Alliaria petiolata, flowering plant
- Common dandelion (107 observations) - Taraxacum officinale, flowering plant
- Mugwort (91 observations) - Artemisia vulgaris, flowering plant
- Multiflora rose (87 observations) - Rosa multiflora, flowering plant
- Common greenshield lichen (87 observations) - Flavoparmelia caperata, lichen
- Japanese honeysuckle (82 observations) - Lonicera japonica, flowering plant
- Poison ivy (81 observations) - Toxicodendron radicans, flowering plant
- American Robin (77 observations) - Turdus migratorius, bird
- Wild garlic (75 observations) - Allim vineale, flowering plant
- Hairy bittercress (70 observations) - Cardamine hirsuta, flowering plant
- Eastern Gray Squirrell (68 observations) - Sciurus carolinensis, mammal
- Common chickweed (68 observations) - Stellaria media, flowering plant
- Eastern red cedar (66 observations) - Juniperus virginiana, conifers
- Black cherry (66 observations) - Prunus serotina, flowering plant
- American beech (63 observations) - Fagus grandifolia, flowering plant
When the full report is up, I will notify all of you via e-mail, Facebook group, and as a journal post on the iNaturalist project page.
Lena Struwe
