FINAL HOURS
We approach the deadline for the Great Southern Bioblitz 2020
Some reminders:
IDs:
If you know of any specialists who can help with IDs, or any who have not yet stepped up to the mark, please contact them. The deadline is midnight tonite the 8th of October 2020.
The link is:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&project_id=great-southern-bioblitz-2020-cape-town&place_id=any
We especially need help with
Poaceae:
Cyperaceae:
Restionaceae:
Fungi::
Insects:
Arachnids: esp. spiders
Marine: esp. sponges
We met our target of 67% identifications to species on Monday. But perhaps we should set our target a little higher. I know it is late, and I know we assumed that with insects and sponges and such things, that a higher target was impractical. And the long ID period for so few IDs (twice as long for a third as many observations as the City Nature Challenge) has resulted in us running out of steam and relaxing. But what about a challenge to try and get 70% or even 75% identifications by midnight? Can we do it??
And dont forget to vote for the observations of the the Great Southern Bioblitz!!
See the contenders:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?order_by=votes&place_id=any&project_id=great-southern-bioblitz-umbrella&subview=grid&verifiable=any
to vote, click on the observation and FAVE it (just under the map)
A few minor issues.
if anyone can contact the following observers: they have multiple observations and need to split their observations - lots of great data is not being shared.
@russelfritz3_gmail_com_ashtonjanap2 (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61219708);
@manasezote (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61197089);
@ricardodownes (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61110482);
@diveinn_capetown (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61094921);
@naomi85 (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60993805);
@jackisteffen (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60841682, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60842687, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60802292)- by contrast @geoffspi has overly split observations and should please consolidate a few where the same plant is on several observations.
- can someone please help push these to a finer resolution:
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61844063
- We dipped out of African Penguin. Does no one have any pictures from the weekend?
A quick comparison for those who might have some slides to upload still and need to know what we need most urgently:
[the list is of unique species to the 2019 CNC versus the 2020 GSB: the first species in orange are what we dipped out on, the second is what we got new compared to the CNC)
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Fungi
Monocots
Dicots: Asterales
Dicots: Fabales, Geraniales, Oxalidales
Dicots: Rosales, Lamiales,Solenales
Dicots: Proteales, Ericales
Comentários
Many thanks for this update and the lists. Though there are some rather bizarre species that have been included in the list that I cannot find any record of - or unverifiable previous records
Yes: bizarre species need to be looked at carefully!! We have until the CIty Nature Challenge to try and verify these. But it needs to be done.
Many of us missed the "obvious" species, thinking someone else would get them...
So the rule is, get all the observations you can, while you can, because you never know when you might end up with the only observation of one of the most obvious species like the Penguin!
Just a first-timer question if I may.. If for instance 2 people observed the species, but the image still does not say "research grade" - should there be a 3rd and a 4th "Agree" as well? Or should I skip these as it's been identified by 2 people already?
Q: Should I agree if there are already two agreements?
A. For research and conservation purposes, the more agreements the better. So if you are certain, please always agree, even if there are umpteen agreements already.
iNat does not have a reputation or competence system for identifiers, so there is no other way to evaluate the certainty of an ID, other than by the number of agreements and disagreements. So please always agree if you can.
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