Hello Friends
It has been nearly two weeks since the Monsoon Beauty event ended. You must be wondering what happened and why communications have been slow. Apologies for this delay.
The 53 days Journey (from 15th July 2021 to 5th September 2021) can only be described with one word Amazing.
The diversity of the 34000 odd observations is second only to the interest and participation of over a 1000 people (observers and identifiers combined). While it was an event located within the geographic boundaries of India we had friends joining in from all parts of the world. They added richness and expert education.
Some participants have communicated how much they have learned and how much more deeply engaged they have become with the natural world around them. Others have mentioned their positive interactions with other observers and with the so many great identifiers.
At the outset of the programme we had hoped for participation from 10 States or Territories (out of 36). However happily we received observations from 26 States or Union Territories. In some 10 regions we simply could not get people to join, this is a task for the next time.
We have had many new users join in and a significantly large proportion of women (26).
At the start of the event some people had questioned the “Gamefication” of the event through the incentive of awards. This was a risk, and truthfully we have had to deal with some concerns. A minority participated not to learn or contribute but to compete aggressively and their appreciation of nature and the community was secondary to self. They did not even attempt to engage with the community. Some users were indiscriminate and used bad processes in identification, while some observers got hyper competitive and may even have used unfair means to post many observations. In these cases we as event organizers have had to step in and attempt to address these concerns, sometimes we also got help from the iNaturalist Curator / Admin / Help group. For us as event organizers it is a learning we will take forward and incorporate in future events.
Over the next few days we will share some of the interesting outputs from the event, we will look into different taxonomic groups, special records. We will also try and profile some of the people. There have been quite a number of new records for either the country, or individual states, in some cases these observations are a 1st for the world as well. Rare organisms have been documented for the first time in the public domain or have been seen after intervals of over a 100 years.
Below is the list of awards. The awards are based not only on numbers but there has been an attempt to factor in some qualitative parameters as well. Below we have used the inaturalist user names for the participants.
We request all the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in all of the categories to Direct Message their postal address to us or to send us an email on indiasnature01@gmail.com
We also request them to look at the Event page for the award guidelines and send in their selections as per the category
@babloo_farswan is a very new user and worked very hard to not just document but also look at a diverse range of organisms some of which are first records for the State of Uttarakhand and a few of which are 1st records for India.
At the start of the programme @navaneethsinigeorge and @hive were very prolific and led the way for the rest of us. @hive, in particular, posted some fantastic and beautiful observations.
@rajkoranga is also a fairly new user of iNaturalist. Using a mobile phone he too has documented an amazing array of high altitude flora and fauna. Some Butterfly observations posted by him are first records for the state since the British Collection Era, seen after an interval of over a 100 years.
(Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Tripura, Mizoram, Chandigarh, Nagaland, Manipur, Punjab)
The minimum Threshold was 150 observations. In only one of these States or Union Territories was there a maximum of only 7 observations posted. Hence this category of award is being scrapped and reallocated to Joint Awards in other Categories
Most Observations by a new user who Joined after 1st July 2021 and / or has less than 200 observations at the start of the programme
This is the most exciting category. New users who learned during the event and have been capturing and sharing an astounding diversity. @ti_eramal has shared vulnerable frogs and records of interesting plants and flowers.
Identifiers are the engine that run iNaturalist Events, without them we would neither be encouraged nor would be learn. During the course of the event 925 people have shared their valuable time and helped us identify many of our 34000 odd observations. We request every one to write to (Direct Message) identifiers and thank them specially for their hard work and effort.
This award is being presented to new women users. One of the focus areas of this event was to encourage women observers and hopefully we are at the start of a longer and more supportive series of events and processes.
We are happy to report that there are a fair number of new users. Also at last count there are atleast 26 women participants which is almost 3 times the iNaturalist India average.
Some participants were kind enough to share their observations for posting on Social Media. These are their observations
Hispa Beetle - Chosen as the iNaturalist Observsation of the day. Observer @saumya_singh
Green Fruit-piercing Moth - observer @ti_eramal
Common Birdwing Butterfly - observer @rajabandi
Pepper Plant - observer @rajabandi
Volucella Drone Flies & Kin - observer @babloo_farswan
Grasshopper - observer @babloo_farswan
Gaudy Grasshopper - Poekilocerus pictus - observer @jungli92
Typical Orbweaver Spider - observer @kapil_chand
Common Swallowtail Caterpillar - observer @kashif_ali
Common Redeye Butterfly - observer @navaneethsinigeorge
Giant Firefly - observer @krishna31
Thyas juno Moth - observer @aibor
The Vulnerable Indian Star Tortoise - observer @paulmathi
An endangered Tiger seen on or around International Tiger Day - observer @mirza8
A total of 103 people poster observations during the course of the project.
This table provides information about the observer, when they joined iNaturalist, and how many observations they had at the start of the programme.
Of the 103 participants 42 qualify (with 150 or more observations) for a Certificate of Participation. This would be sent to them soon.
Rank | User | Observations | Category 1 Overall | Category 2 Rural | Category 4 New User | Category 6 Jury’s Award (New Women) | Date of Joining Inat | Observations before 15th July 2021 |
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1 | @babloo_farswan | 4116 | 1st | 28/Apr/21 | 182 | |||
2 | @vivek_nature | 3131 | 2nd | 15/Sep/20 | 832 | |||
3 | @rajkoranga | 2888 | 1st | 24/Dec/20 | 40 | |||
4 | @k_pawan | 1777 | 1st Jt | 28/Feb/21 | 111 | |||
5 | @navaneethsinigeorge | 1649 | 3rd jt | 25/Jul/20 | 4238 | |||
6 | @hive | 1321 | 3rd jt | 18/Jul/19 | 2141 | |||
7 | @rajabandi | 1257 | 29/Oct/19 | 2512 | ||||
8 | @subbu107 | 1209 | 13/Jun/16 | 5373 | ||||
9 | @elavarasan_mm | 1177 | 26/Apr/20 | 5266 | ||||
10 | @ram_k | 1025 | 06/Jun/20 | 1844 | ||||
11 | @naeempamparambil | 891 | 07/Sep/20 | 1142 | ||||
12 | @kapil_chand | 789 | 2nd | 11/Mar/21 | 1311 | |||
13 | @negi | 675 | 3rd | 09/Jun/20 | 2920 | |||
14 | @odonut | 675 | 24/May/20 | 1092 | ||||
15 | @ti_eramal | 639 | 1st Jt | 18/Jul/21 | 1 | |||
16 | @varsh1 | 572 | 1st | 12/Jul/21 | 30 | |||
17 | @vivekbgirija | 541 | 10/Aug/20 | 1630 | ||||
18 | @swapnendu_nayak | 531 | 2nd | 26/Jul/21 | 0 | |||
19 | @unnikrishnan_mp | 514 | 09/Feb/19 | 856 | ||||
20 | @paulmathi | 490 | 03/Apr/20 | 1946 | ||||
21 | @nomadash | 476 | 3rd | 05/Jun/20 | 51 | |||
22 | @naturalist_aditya | 386 | 04/Aug/20 | 1722 | ||||
23 | @jaya_rakesh | 369 | 11/Dec/16 | 876 | ||||
24 | @balakrishnan07 | 343 | 12/Jan/20 | 762 | ||||
25 | @vijay_dixit | 337 | 07/Jun/20 | 4277 | ||||
26 | @saumya_singh | 337 | 2nd | 16/Feb/21 | 28 | |||
27 | @surabhi_srivastava_gaur | 309 | 3rd | 04/Oct/19 | 93 | |||
28 | @aadyathammaiah | 282 | 19/Jan/21 | 13 | ||||
29 | @nageshwaran_nageshwaran | 270 | 03/Jul/21 | 29 | ||||
30 | @anubhav-agarwal | 270 | 20/Sep/19 | 6348 | ||||
31 | @csbandi | 257 | 01/Dec/19 | 1609 | ||||
32 | @subhalaxmi_muduli | 246 | 05/Apr/21 | 42 | ||||
33 | @aibor | 237 | 15/May/21 | 257 | ||||
34 | @swatiudayraj | 208 | 25/Sep/19 | 1131 | ||||
35 | @azhagu | 193 | 30/Sep/19 | 271 | ||||
36 | @hrishialpha | 191 | 28/Apr/21 | 146 | ||||
37 | @swanand | 186 | 23/Oct/17 | 3802 | ||||
38 | @kartiksundar | 183 | 04/Mar/18 | 509 | ||||
39 | @ygurjar | 180 | 22/Feb/15 | 17540 | ||||
40 | @virenvaz | 174 | 02/Jul/21 | 11 | ||||
41 | @swati_sagarika_dakua | 156 | 31/Jul/21 | 0 | ||||
42 | @kamleshatwal | 156 | 10/Sep/20 | 1981 | ||||
43 | @ramanarayanan | 141 | 04/Feb/20 | 613 | ||||
44 | @arvintrix | 132 | 13/Jul/21 | 1 | ||||
45 | @krishna31 | 122 | 31/Aug/20 | 299 | ||||
46 | @r_priya | 103 | 24/Aug/21 | 0 | ||||
47 | @himanshupandav | 99 | 06/Dec/18 | 509 | ||||
48 | @chayantgonsalves | 84 | 18/Jul/20 | 1079 | ||||
49 | @firos_ak | 77 | 01/Oct/16 | 4319 | ||||
50 | @sagarika_chen | 76 | 17/Apr/19 | 874 | ||||
51 | @prabhas | 69 | 19/Jun/21 | 2 | ||||
52 | @paran_amitava | 61 | 14/Apr/21 | 2 | ||||
53 | @jungli92 | 55 | 22/Jan/21 | 1 | ||||
54 | @mann97 | 55 | 04/Sep/20 | 66 | ||||
55 | @sangavi | 55 | 17/Jun/20 | 465 | ||||
56 | @teratornis | 52 | 31/Oct/19 | 616 | ||||
57 | @prakash_chand | 52 | 29/Apr/21 | 490 | ||||
58 | @hari_mt | 51 | 01/Jul/21 | 34 | ||||
59 | @svabhukohli | 46 | 13/Mar/20 | 28 | ||||
60 | @umesh_rana | 45 | 12/Jul/21 | 0 | ||||
61 | @shyamphartyal | 43 | 27/Dec/17 | 369 | ||||
62 | @kashif_ali | 43 | 11/May/21 | 92 | ||||
63 | @ashitha | 43 | 08/Sep/20 | 407 | ||||
64 | @punurip | 42 | 19/Jul/21 | 12 | ||||
65 | @bhupinder_singh_nagi | 42 | 01/Jul/21 | 2 | ||||
66 | @kamal_bisht | 42 | 09/Jun/20 | 665 | ||||
67 | @sarita_nayak | 41 | 26/Jul/21 | 4 | ||||
68 | @mrigank_shekhar | 40 | 16/Jun/21 | 34 | ||||
69 | @harish9 | 40 | 11/Jun/20 | 346 | ||||
70 | @reetu_farswan | 37 | 16/Jul/21 | 1 | ||||
71 | @sanjaybisht | 34 | 12/Jun/20 | 626 | ||||
72 | @sakshis | 30 | 18/Jul/20 | 194 | ||||
73 | @madhukar_adepu | 30 | 14/Jul/21 | 0 | ||||
74 | @puneet4 | 29 | 23/Mar/20 | 168 | ||||
75 | @nishie | 28 | 12/Jul/21 | 0 | ||||
76 | @tarun_titgaien | 28 | 26/Sep/20 | 722 | ||||
77 | @tanuja5 | 24 | 12/Jul/21 | 1 | ||||
78 | @triloksinghrana | 22 | 29/Jun/20 | 40 | ||||
79 | @devika_mb | 21 | 27/Jul/20 | 329 | ||||
80 | @megha_lifeofferings | 19 | 10/Jul/21 | 2 | ||||
81 | @chithams1 | 19 | 06/Mar/21 | 39 | ||||
82 | @monicapillai | 16 | 27/Jul/21 | 0 | ||||
83 | @lovejeet01 | 16 | 01/Apr/21 | 403 | ||||
84 | @savitri_joshi | 16 | 07/Mar/21 | 387 | ||||
85 | @hopeland | 16 | 09/Jul/16 | 4957 | ||||
86 | @rashubh | 13 | 18/Jul/21 | 11 | ||||
87 | @garima11 | 8 | 05/Sep/21 | 0 | ||||
88 | @muddytortoise | 8 | 29/Jul/19 | 235 | ||||
89 | @animal_hobby | 7 | 27/Mar/19 | 214 | ||||
90 | @finding_nimo_ | 6 | 21/Aug/21 | 14 | ||||
91 | @scientific_alan | 6 | 26/Nov/20 | 74 | ||||
92 | @bacchidangwal | 6 | 10/Jun/20 | 286 | ||||
93 | @pratheek | 6 | 12/May/18 | 37 | ||||
94 | @ryan_satish | 5 | 07/May/21 | 12 | ||||
95 | @rohit_nandakumar | 4 | 26/Jan/21 | 49 | ||||
96 | @mirza8 | 4 | 12/Jul/21 | 0 | ||||
97 | @aastha1 | 3 | 13/Jul/21 | 0 | ||||
98 | @deepak_aggarwal | 3 | 31/May/21 | 5 | ||||
99 | @vishalkumarprasad | 3 | 10/Sep/20 | 1 | ||||
100 | @parveez | 2 | 02/Aug/21 | 7 | ||||
101 | @kelly_india | 2 | 15/Jul/21 | 0 | ||||
102 | @emforests | 2 | 26/Jan/21 | 5 | ||||
103 | @mountainjen | 1 | 08/Jun/20 | 0 |
Twenty people who identified 300 or more observations are being awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for their efforts in helping the observers with species / genus or family identifications. Only our limited resources prevent us from honouring the identifiers in greater depth.
Rank | Identifiers Name | Identifications | Rank |
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1 | @muddytortoise | 1269 | 1st |
2 | @ram_k | 975 | ** |
3 | @haneesh | 889 | 2nd |
4 | @borisb | 862 | 3rd Jt |
5 | @anubhav-agarwal | 851 | 3rd Jt |
6 | @amila_sumanapala | 778 | |
7 | @odonut | 755 | |
8 | @hrishialpha | 703 | |
9 | @subirshakya | 665 | |
10 | @zebs | 639 | |
11 | @elavarasan_mm | 619 | |
12 | @azhagu | 616 | |
13 | @pierotoni10 | 594 | |
14 | @abhijatshakya | 544 | |
15 | @firos_ak | 493 | |
16 | @unnikrishnan_mp | 482 | |
17 | @pihlaviita | 452 | |
18 | @naturalist_aditya | 340 | |
19 | @nagabhushanjyothi | 329 |
ram_K as an organizer of the event is not eligible for any award
Rank | State or Union Territory | Observations in the Event | Observers | Observations as on 1st June 2021 |
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1 | Uttarakhand | 12722 | 34 | 41975 |
2 | Kerala | 4475 | 9 | 86583 |
3 | Tamil Nadu | 3294 | 14 | 50332 |
4 | Chhattisgarh | 3131 | 1 | 25793 |
5 | Karnataka | 2270 | 14 | 79151 |
6 | Odisha | 1821 | 8 | 7842 |
7 | Maharashtra | 1381 | 11 | 106099 |
8 | Andhra Pradesh | 1190 | 2 | 16930 |
9 | Telangana | 1127 | 5 | 7337 |
10 | Meghalaya | 892 | 2 | 6787 |
11 | Himachal Pradesh | 830 | 2 | 7818 |
12 | Madhya Pradesh | 377 | 2 | 9997 |
13 | Uttar Pradesh | 308 | 4 | 6548 |
14 | Jharkhand | 214 | 1 | 2600 |
15 | Bihar | 210 | 2 | 1753 |
16 | Goa | 113 | 4 | 9763 |
17 | Gujarat | 57 | 2 | 21842 |
18 | Assam | 56 | 2 | 52684 |
19 | Sikkim | 44 | 1 | 3109 |
20 | West Bengal | 14 | 2 | 37362 |
21 | Manipur | 7 | 1 | 1242 |
22 | Haryana | 4 | 1 | 4264 |
23 | Punjab | 2 | 1 | 1322 |
24 | Chandigarh | 2 | 1 | 445 |
25 | Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 13737 |
26 | Delhi | 1 | 1 | 4920 |
27 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 10441 |
28 | Jammu and Kashmir | 0 | 0 | 3920 |
29 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0 | 0 | 2659 |
30 | Puducherry | 0 | 0 | 2255 |
31 | Ladakh | 0 | 0 | 1992 |
32 | Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 908 |
33 | Mizoram | 0 | 0 | 444 |
34 | Tripura | 0 | 0 | 442 |
35 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 0 | 0 | 356 |
36 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 260 |
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Do send in your comments, and queries either via direct message to @ram_k or post it in the comments below.
Comentarios
Great!! Congrats to all the winners here and all the participants too🥳🥳
Awesome!! Congratulations to all winners!! great job..
nice initiative @ram_k
@swanand Thank you - all of you made it happen and has made it a very enjoyable space.
Thank you @ram_k and team for this great initiative and the efforts! Congratulations to all the participants and winners - such fun and learning :)
Awesome. Such a Nice Initiative RAM.
Congrats to all winners.
Happy to be part of this team....
Congratulations to all the winners, i guess in my opinion all participants are winners in their own way. Thank you @ram_k for this wonderful opportunity.
@ti_eramal That is one of the big takeaways that so many of us have been able to get together from our locations and share our joys and learn from each other.
Wonderful effort @ram_k - congratulations to you and all the contributors to this event. Hope to see more soon
@chayantgonsalves Thank you too - for the so many great reptile id's and patiently responding to all the pestering :-)
we will be posting about the 5th walks too - will ask you for some info
@ram_k this was a wonderful start for me in terms of regulaly spending some time with nature and sharing observations with a highly inspiring set of naturalists. Thank you for getting me started, and sincere thanks to all identifiers who corroborated, corrected and/or improved on the ids. There's a long way to go, I can see.
I am honoured too on being awarded a prize, which probably rightfully belongs to @ti_eramal another newbie observer like me, with the highest number of observations - I see however that she's sharing the first prize jointly in another category, so I got lucky!
This is a great place to learn, share, and co-create so much useful information. Happy to be here, and looking forward to continued engagement.
A big shout-out and thanks to everyone who makes up this community! :)
My greatest inspiration have been two youngsters in particular @odonut and @teratornis I have learnt much from both! Must also mention @azhagu, @elavarasan_mm, @borisb, @anubhav-agarwal, @subirshakya and so many others who were very helpful with Id-ing and helping me learn :)
Varsha
Thanks @ram_k for organising this great event and to good to see many new users. Congratulations to all the winners.
@varsh1 Thank you and happy to know that you have discovered this great place. And for the support you have provided as well.
In some time we will explore more creative events to keep people engaged and provide a space to contribute their interesting observations.
Congratulations to all participants and winners and of course @ram_k the organizer! Hope to see more events in the future.
@aibor thank you too for being an active member with some fantastic observations.
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