Project Update - November 2023
Fall is slowly moving towards winter, and we are definitely seeing that around Erie County. The days are shorter, it is colder, and we’ve even had a few occasions of snow, albeit very light snow. This is certainly reflected in the lower number of observations this month!
We did not add any new members to the Erie MetroParks iNaturalist Project, meaning we still have 43 members. If you know of anyone that may be interested, please direct them to our page!
The Project increased from 11839 to 11947 observations (+108), 1954 to 1959 species (+5), while the number of observers remained unchanged (200).
Our number of Research Grade observations increased from 7737 to 7836 (+99). This equates to a Research Grade percentage of 65.59% (up from 65.35%).
In total, there were 108 observations added to the Project this month. The observations include 49 insects, 24 reptiles, 17 birds, 10 plants, 6 fungi, and 2 mammals.
Of these, there were 76 species recorded. Common garter snake was the species observed the most (21), followed by several species with 2 observations (house wren, Isabella tiger moth, large yellow underwing, Amur honeysuckle, green pug, double-striped scoria moth, Florida tetanolite moth, Guenée’s pearl).
The observations came from 9 observers. The top 5 observers were @ryanli (42), @eriemetroparks (26), @martyndrabik (18), @mikehensley (9), and @lakeerie (7).
The top observations of the month include:
Pearly wood-nymph (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192519434)
Posterior brown lacewing (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189884345)
Eastern redcedar (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190014561)
Common snapping turtle (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190404677)
Sassafras (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191507545)
Thank you to everyone for contributing to the Project.
~ Martyn
