Final housekeeping: Biodiversity Challenge

The results are rolling in from what was a very successful Biodiversity Challenge. Over 5000 iNaturalist observations were made in the capital region over the long weekend, surpassing previous years by a sizeable margin!

If you have any observations that you made between May 21 and May 24 but have not yet loaded to iNaturalist, you have until 12 noon on May 31 to add these final observations to our official count. We will be announcing the final numbers and the prize winners on May 31. We will select winners from the project member list and contact winners through iNaturalist with prize pick-up information.

Please spend some time checking in with your observations. If you uploaded observations hoping someone would help you identify the species, check to see if anyone has a suggestion. If you agree with their suggestion click “agree.” If not, perhaps you can add more information in the notes or use their suggestions to narrow down an ID. The more individuals that agree with an identification the more reliable the data becomes.

For further learning, take some time to add identifications to observations from fellow project participants, to help those observations become Research Grade. This is a great way to expand your knowledge about local species and contribute to good citizen science. For more information on how to do this, see iNaturalist's helpful video tutorial.

Thanks to everyone for their enthusiastic participation this weekend!

Posted on May 25, 2021 07:09 PM by capital_regional_district