Hi bioblitzers,
Thanks to Natalie Lemanski for summarizing the data for this year’s Personal Bioblitz, the ninth ever. Here are the results! (Note that the numbers of species on the home page of the project will change, because more species will be identified as we go along. These numbers are the official numbers for this year). Our project page on iNaturalist is: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/personal-bioblitz-2022
Congratulations to the top winners, every species and person, but also to all of the rest of you that together helped us break the record, AGAIN, for most observations and species. Every observation and species is important for the totality of the project and for science. All five of the top species are common in Eastern North America and every sighting counts. We also had things that were rare and only seen by a few.
A few things of note – 4 people managed to see over 1000 species in 2.5 months! Women are overrepresented, and we have some mega-iNaturalist-users in this project. Over 3100 worldwide members on iNaturalist helped to identify species in this project - with user @sadawolk being by far the most prolific with her knowledge – thanks Sandy Wolkenberg!
RESULTS 2022
Total observations: 70,461 (A new record, beating last year’s record of 68,914!)
Total species: 9,197 (Another new record!)
Observers: 113
Some fun facts:
An IUCN near-threatened species (Eastern Hemlock) made the top 5 list this year.
Most observations:
Misha Zitser (zitserm) from New York, USA, 4,469 observations (an iNaturalist member since 2020, congrats on making the top 5 list!)
Most species observed:
Sarah Kelsey (botanylicious) from Georgia, USA, 979 species
Most species that were not observed by anyone else:
Jason Grant (jasonrgrant) from Switzerland, 226 unique species
Most frequently observed species:
Eastern Hemlock, 374 observations
And, the number of observations on iNaturalist for New Jersey, just passed 1 million! When the Personal Bioblitz started on iNaturalist, there were 1000 observations in New Jersey. For a list of the most observed New Jersey species ever, look here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=51&subview=table&view=species
Thanks again to all of you, to the leadership team this year who helped curate the project on iNaturalist, and have a wonderful summer (winter in Australia) with lots of new observations and cool finds. See you in 2023 for the 10th Personal Bioblitz, starting at March 1 as usual. Mark your calendars!
Happy bioexploration times!
Lena Struwe, Rutgers University
Founder and organizer of the Personal Bioblitz
PS. Feel free to sign up for our mailing list [https://lists.rutgers.edu/mm3/mailman3/lists/personal_bioblitz.email.rutgers.edu/], and/or join our Facebook group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/407169086112609] to stay informed about next year’s Personal Bioblitz.
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