City Nature Challenge 2022 in Manitoba - Results
Another City Nature Challenge completed and there is lots to be satisfied by. Observers braved the cool temperatures and blustery conditions, finding ways to make observations despite poor road conditions and overland flooding. Thank you all for your efforts!
It was great to see Brandon take part for the first time with Sherry Punak-Murphy @hipstermama at the helm and the Westman Naturalists backing her up.
Here are the official results for our two events. As time goes on, the event counts continue to update as people identify and even add observations that got missed in the initial uploads. To give us all some closure, an official tally was done as of end of day May 8.
| Location | Total* | Research Grade | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observations | Species | Identifiers | Observers | Observations | Species | Identifiers | Observers | |
| Brandon | 364 | 117 | 59 | 21 | 254 | 77 | 55 | 18 |
| Winnipeg | 1,751 | 289 | 145 | 29 | 896 | 161 | 137 | 28 |
| All Manitoba Events | 2,115 | 1,150 |
Over the duration of the observation period in both Winnipeg and Brandon, together we saw 185 different species. Here is the list of the top five overall in descending order.
- Branta canadensis - Canada Goose
- Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard
- Junco hyemalis - Dark-eyed Junco
- Acer negundo - Manitoba Maple
- Cornus sericea - Red Osier Dogwood
Worldwide, observers made records of 2,244 Rare/Threatened/Endangered species. Seven species were observed as part of Manitoba events, summarized in the table below, with their rarity status on the global, national and provincial level. Note that in some cases a species is provincially okay but globally in trouble (and vice versa).
| Species | Global (IUCN Red list) | Canada | Manitoba |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endangered (decreasing) | Apparently Secure | Apparently Secure | |
| Near Threatened (decreasing) | Secure | Secure | |
| No Ranking | No Status Rank | Vulnerable | |
| Least Concern (decreasing) | Secure | Vulnerable | |
| Vulnerable(decreasing) | Apparently Secure | Imperiled | |
| Least Concern (stable) | Secure | Vulnerable | |
| Critically Endangered (decreasing) | Apparently Secure | Apparently Secure |
A special thank you to @seraphinpoudrier for both adding the most observations and finding the most species in the Winnipeg event.
There were 40 cities in the Canadian section and Winnipeg ended up in 14th position overall. Here's a pdf of the Canadian highlights.
The global iNaturalists results can be seen in this umbrella project La Paz, Bolivia hit the sweet spot this year with more than 4,000 observers adding more than 130,000 observations of over 4,000 species. Incredible!
All 64,000 or so of us made more than a million and a half observations of more than 50,000 species worldwide in just four days. You all know how to do it now :) just keep a' going!
Comentarios
Wow, how interesting. Thanks @marykrieger for this report - and the planning of the provincial part of this event, with @hipstermama. I was surprised to see how many people went outside to dance in the rain-snow-sun-cloud while swinging-skating-walking during the 4 days, and taking pictures and sounds at the same time. Aren’t we glad to bring our Manitoban contribution to that challenge !? I found also interesting to see how nature (and weather…) is different in other parts of the country.
Next year, I will do my best to provide different weather during the challenge. My umbrella is still wet from the four days.
Bravo to all of us!
Añade un comentario