Whispering Bells Cup
May Bracket Challenge
The Whispering Bells Cup is a single elimination tournament. Last year, we had our first ever Fire Poppy Cup and the Whispering Cup as a consolation tournament. This year, out Elite Eight tournament will be a part of our CA Fire Followers 2021 project! Don’t forget to also check out the Fire Poppy Tournament on our 2020 project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-fire-followers-2020/journal/65250-fire-poppy-cup
Details:
The Whispering Bell Cup is a tournament-style challenge of the top eight fires in 2021.
Dates:
Elite Eight: May 2 - 15 Winner: Most observations
Semi-Final: May 16 - 22 Winner: Most species
Final: May 23 - May 31 Winner: Most Participants (identifiers+observers)
Team List
These seeds were ranked based off of the observations since the start of the project
Seed | Burned Zone
1 | Single Fires
2 | Caldor
3 | Dixie
4 | KNP
5 | Alisal
6 | Monument
7 | Windy
8 | French
Whispering Bells Cup:
As stated before, this tournament will be single elimination. The Elite Eight will be focused on the total number of observations from the first two weeks (May 2-15). The Semi-Finals will be all about the number of species in celebration of International Day for Biodiversity on May 22! Finally, the championship round will be all about community science and connecting with nature over the holiday weekend. We want to encourage as many people as possible to venture out into some of these burn areas, but if you can't access the outdoors that week, you can also participate by identifying observations that need ID!
Each round is shown below and the Champion will hold bragging rights over other zones! Be sure to support your Burn Zone throughout the competition!
-Tournament detail along with dates are shown above-
You are tagged in this post because you were among the top observers in the month of April! Thank you all for your tremendous contributions and I hope you take part of this challenge as well.
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Monday , May 16 2022
As the first round of this Elite 8 tournament comes to an end, lets breakdown the scores and results from the past 2 weeks.
Updated Scores
The Elite 8 round of the Whispering Bells Cup had no surprises. The top seeded teams all came up on top and easily go through to the Semi-Finals. The only surprise in the scores is that the Caldor Fire is outperforming the Single Fires, which have been dominating in number of observations in this project. The scores are as follows:
Single Fires vs French Fire 154 – 19
Caldor Fire vs Tamarack Fire 219-8
Dixie Fire vs Monument Fire 94-20
KNP Complex vs Alisal Fire 49-18
Updated Bracket
Upcoming games with dates and rules |
Quarter-Final | May 16 – 22
We are currently in the next round of the Whispering Bells Cup. This week's scoring method will be measured by the amount of species observed in celebrate International Day for Biodiversity on May 22, 2022.
Be sure to support your burn zone in the Semi-Finals and show some love to your favorite project!
Check out some of the amazing observations made last week at RG and feel free to check out the rest here:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-02&d2=2022-05-15&place_id=any&project_id=california-fire-followers-2021&verifiable=any&iconic_taxa=Plantae
Top left: Staining Collomia (Collomia tinctoria) © Justin Felder, (CC-BY-SA) @justin426
Top Middle: Superb Mariposa Lily (Calochortus superbus) © amsaidel, (CC-BY-NC) @amsaidel
Top Right: Tolmie's Pussy Ears (Calochortus tolmiei) © Nick Nuebel, (CC-BY-NC) @nnuebel
Bottom left: Brown Fritillary (Fritillaria micrantha) © Becca Cosmero, (CC-BY-NC) @bcosmo
Bottom Middle: Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) © © leed0017, (CC-BY-NC) @leed0017
Bottom Right: Harlequin Lupine (Lupinus stiversii) © © Amelia Tauber, (CC-BY) @antrozousamelia
Monday , May 16 2022
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and had an opportunity to celebrate Biodiversity Day over the weekend. Our challenge last week awarded the regions with the most species recorded. Check out these amazing observations of some of the most observed species this last week on our CA Fire Followers Project:
Prettyface (Triteleia ixioides)
© Aaron Echols (@aaron_echols), some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)
© @mollogram4, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Torrey's Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia torreyi)
© @mollogram4, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Updated Scores
The Semi-Finals of the Whispering Bells Cup were as one might expect. The burn areas that have more access are moving on to the Finals. It was a bit difficult for the Caldor Fire and the Dixie Fire to get on the board with limited accessibility, where as the KNP Complex and the Single Fires have been accessible for some time. The KNP Complex and Single Fires did perform very well regardless and maybe enough to compete in the Fire Poppy Cup.
The scores are as follows:
Single Fires vs Dixie: 84-45
Caldor Fire vs KNP Complex: 32-125
Updated Bracket
Upcoming games with dates and rules |
Final: May 23 - May 30 Winner:Most Participants (identifiers+observers)
We are currently in our final week of the Whispering Bells Cup! This week's scoring method will be based off the number of participants, including identifiers and observers! As we head into Memorial Day Weekend, we encourage you all to participate in our Whispering Bells Cup and go out to some nearby burn areas to record observations. If you do not live near or unable to access a burn area this weekend, you can still participate by helping identify some of the observations on our project that still need ID: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?iconic_taxa=Plantae&project_id=125938
Grand Final Recap
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and have had a great start to the new month! This Memorial Day weekend, our CA Fire Followers 2021 project passed 10k observations! I hope you all had an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors and a special thank you to everyone who contributed to the project this past week.
Championship Results
Our two burn area finalists performed fairly well this past week, however, the burn areas eliminated last round did incredible and outperformed everybody! Unfortunately, this final was between the Single Fire and the KNP Complex. It was a close call, but the Single Fires takes home the win with a score of 52-45. Just like the Fire Poppy Cup last year, our #1 seeded team is champions!
Updated Bracket
Thanks again to everyone who contributed this month. Our 2021 Fire Followers project made ~3,000 observations in May 2022, which is the most observations made in a month so far! Check out some of the amazing observations made this weekend: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-05-23&d2=2022-05-31&order_by=votes&place_id=any&project_id=california-fire-followers-2021&verifiable=any
© Maureen McHale (@mmchale), some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Plummer's Mariposa Lily (Calochortus plummerae )
Single Fires, Palisades Fire 2021
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