Wrap up event survey, project end date change, & annotation notes

Happy Friday Butterfly Blitzers!

We interrupt our regular OOTW schedule to bring you three short administrative updates about the 2020 CVC Butterfly Blitz.

(1) We will be sending out an email in the next few days asking for your opinions on attending an in-person wrap up event on September 19th. We’ve been making plans to hold this event to celebrate our Butterfly Blitz efforts this summer in a way that follows all provincial and local regulations regarding COVID-19 guidelines for outdoor gatherings. However, since it’s been a while since we’ve all been able to get together in person, we want to check in to see how everyone is feeling.

The event will be hosted outdoors at Small Arms Inspection Building in Mississauga. It will involve a review of the findings of the 2020 Butterfly Blitz, the presentation of participant awards, and a guided walk and butterfly survey around the property.

If you are a member of this project on iNaturalist but not on our email list, please get in touch with us at either lindsey.jennings@cvc.ca or laura.timms@cvc.ca. We will add you to the email list to ensure you receive the survey and any follow up emails.

(2) You may notice a change in the end date of the CVC Butterfly Blitz 2020 iNaturalist project. It was set at September 26th, but we are moving it to September 19th to match the date of the wrap up event. This won’t affect anything in terms of the project leaderboard but is important to note in case you were planning one big last Butterfly Blitz effort in the week of September 20th to 26th!

(3) You might have noticed that I often add an insect life stage observation field note to your observations. I thought I should explain why I do this, since a few of you have asked.

First, I go through every observation added to the project – so that I can help add identifications, see what butterflies are being found, and to help choose the OOTW. Adding the life stage helps me to know that I’ve looked at the observation.

Second, knowing what life stage a species was observed as can be very helpful for certain analyses. Adding the life stage as an observation field makes it easier to use when the data is downloaded from iNaturalist, compared to adding the life stage in the annotations section. This is why I may have added the life stage as an observation field even if you’ve already added it as an annotation.

If you ever have a question about the project, please reach out – we love to hear from you.

Posted on August 21, 2020 04:58 PM by lltimms lltimms

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