Final Tally iNaturalist City Nature Challenge

iNaturalist City Nature Challenge – Alachua County

A big heartfelt thanks to everyone that participated in iNaturalist City Nature Challenge throughout Alachua County. This was Alachua County’s first time participating in this worldwide event April 24-27. Collectively within this period, across the globe, 821,282 observations were made with 32,604 species recorded by 40,941 people. You can view all the observations and statistics for each city (https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020?tab=stats).

Across Alachua County, there were 10,290 observations, 1,773 species, and 377 observers. All kinds of species were recorded with some amazing photographs . . . slime molds, reptiles, amphibians, birds, spiders, insects, many plants, foxes and other mammals, fish, and all kinds of fungi. It is quite astounding the diversity of organisms in and around cities and neighborhoods. You can view all the observations in Alachua County here. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2020-alachua-county?tab=stats

Folks also helped identify what was in photographs and we had 457 identifiers that made 14,086 verifications. Because of these observations and identifications, the machine learning has improved for future identifications of species in Alachua County.

iNaturalist is an everyday event so we hope you continue to observe and record observations. Below are a few observations by people during the challenge. Enjoy!

Dot-lined white moth. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44249683
Red Fox kits https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44250760
Broadhead skink https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43810192
Eastern spadefoot https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44206334
Purple Gallinule https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44110784
Red-shouldered bugs https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43992499
Wood ear fungi https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43180037
Dog vomit slime mold https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44385698
White Banded Fishing Spider https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44030665
Mantleslug https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44677287
American Gizzard Shad https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44160033
Purple Passionflower https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44062196
Spiderworts https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43642468
Limpkin https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43350730
Eastern Gray Squirrel https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/44514007
Eastern Pondhawk https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43962823

Posted on May 5, 2020 03:56 PM by hostetm