Weekly statistics between September 25, 2022 and October 1, 2022
This week 226 observers made 962 observations between Sunday, September 25, 2022 to Saturday, October 1, 2022. Among the top five observers, @belyykit observed 137 examples of life in the Anacostia watershed; @stephen220 contributed 90; @wilpersm contributed 55; @cammfl contributed 30; and @dtread1 contributed 28. Rounding out the top 11, @iacomaner and @maragay each contributed 23; @lunajmagroir contributed 20; and @francoise2, @vwiest, and @wadesworld19 each contributed 18. 127 people contributed one observation, 37 people contributed two observations, and 12 people contributed 3 observations. Plants stayed in first place (369 observations), Insects stayed in second place (250 observations), and Birds moved into third place (193 observations). Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii), Mollusca and Protozoa each had the fewest observations, with 2.
Sharing a few observations from the previous week:
@shanmei American Beaver https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136609446
@pmk00001 Brown Rat https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137200464
@landrum Common Raccoon https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137132008
@markyd Common Raccoon https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137281618
@vwiest Common Raccoon https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136434072
@belyykit Eastern Gray Squirrel https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136947844
@jwf1983 Eastern Gray Squirrel https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136483650
@shanmei Eastern Gray Squirrel https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137644595
@mjfahselt Groundhog https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136485591
@vwiest Groundhog https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137163405
@ligrabenstetter North American Least Shrew https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136950820
@epic2112 North American Mice and Rats https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136628824
@mattandeliz Northern Short-tailed Shrew https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137092795
@vwiest Northern Short-tailed Shrew https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137163404
@belyykit Red Fox https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137263921
@cammfl Red Fox https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136608462
@shanmei Virginia Opossum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137218372
@belyykit White-tailed Deer https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136849901
@lunajmagroir White-tailed Deer https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/139291411
@shanmei White-tailed Deer https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137644344
@stephen220 White-tailed Deer https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137421318
Observations this week, by Taxon:
Actinopterygii 2
Amphibia 6
Animalia 3
Arachnida 21
Aves 193
Fungi 43
Insecta 250
Mammalia 26
Mollusca 2
Plantae 369
Protozoa 2
Reptilia 26
(blank) 19