Projektin City Nature Challenge 2021 Cincinnati - Hamilton County Päiväkirja

City Nature Challenge: the results are in!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who helped organize, participated in, and identified observations from the 6th annual City Nature Challenge! Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we had over 10,000 more people participate compared to last year, and for the first time ever, we made over one million observations in the four days of the challenge!

Here are the collective results:
Observations: 1,270,767
Species: 45,300+, including more than 2,100 rare/endangered/threatened species
Observers: 52,777

Most-observed species globally: Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Since you can't click the links in the infographic, here are some of the interesting observations from around the world:
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Lixus placidus weevil
Turkish Snail (Helix lucorum)
Witches’ Cauldron (Sarcosoma globosum)
Blainville’s Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii)
Purplish-backed Jay (Cyanocorax beecheii)
Sargassumfish (Histrio histrio)
Southern Lion (Panthera leo ssp. melanochaita)
Common Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis)
Euglossa macrorhyncha bee
Adelpha zea butterfly
Short-clubbed Wasp Orchid (Chiloglottis reflexa)

The City Nature Challenge also contributed to the most observations uploaded in a week on iNaturalist again - and also gave iNaturalist the first two weeks ever with over one million observations uploaded!

Thanks everyone! Continue to help IDing those CNC observations - it takes awhile to get through them! We're looking forward to CNC 2022!

What a great weekend we had for the challenge! Thank you to all those who got outside and participated.

We still haven't reached the finish line quite yet. We have until May 9th to identify all the plants and animals that we took pictures of. Please help us accomplish this by using the "Identify" tool in iNaturalist. Use the filter to get to our specific project: "City Nature Challenge 2021: Cincinnati - Hamilton County." Then identify as many species as possible.

Almost to the finish line!

Thank you to all the Citizen Scientists out there!

It's the final count down! Let the discoveries begin, starting at midnight tonight!

How are you participating in the Hamilton County CNC? Share with us!

Are you heading out on one of our Naturalist/Interpreter led hikes?
Are you going to a local stream on the hunt for salamanders, tadpoles and bacteria?
Are you planning to find as many types fungi as you can?
Are you walking with your kids in your neighborhood or camping in the backyard?
Are you trying to identify as many native wildflowers as possible?

We are so excited to see what we will discover together.

And remember when on your adventures to take only pictures and leave only footprints. The plants and critters will thank you!

Remember that your sightings' locations are public unless you choose to obscure them. Some species of plants and animals could be bothered if their specific location was made public. If you feel that sharing the location of a sensitive species could lead to its disturbance, please obscure the location. For information on how to do this see this link: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/geoprivacy