Identification begins!

Here is a hint and tip about identifications for the City Nature Challenge from the Frequently Asked Questions Page!

"On iNaturalist, why is the species number different in my city's project vs. in the umbrella project? Which one will count for the results?

We use the numbers in each city’s project, so you can think of it as branch tips (or “leaves”) – if there are observations identified to a genus but nothing in that genus is IDed to species, then the genus itself will count as a “species.” If there are observations identified to a family but no observations IDed to a genus or species in that family, then the family counts as a “species.” This is how “species” are counted in collection projects.

If you look at the umbrella project for the CNC, the species count for each city is lower, because the umbrella project is only counting actual species.

But for the CNC itself, we will use the “species” number from each city’s project as we compile results from each city.

For the overall collaborative results, we will use the number in the umbrella project."

At the current moment of time on May 3, the city's project shows
1,213 observations
308 species
100 Identifiers
69 Observers

And this concurs with the umbrella project showing 1,213 observations.

The BioSmart Saskatoon City Nature Challenge shows
2,263 Observations
1,668 Identifications
507 Species
109 People
BioSmart combines eBird, Observation.org and iNaturalist. The two main platforms used were iNat and eBird.

If you want to help with identifications, but have not done any before, here is a YouTube Video on identifications!
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Posted on Μάιος 03, 2022 0459 ΜΜ by saskatoonafforestationareas