On Wednesday, July 26th, at around 5 PM, the counts stood at 6,815 observations of 1,591 species, observed by 712 people and identified by 373 identifiers.

Great job! The number of observations FAR surpassed our goal of 6,000. The number of species is really close to our goal of 1,600, and once some more identifiers weigh in over the next few months, we will probably meet that goal, too.

With four years of MIIDGE data, we thought it would be interesting to compare 2023 with past years.

2020: 4,613 observations, 1,383 species, 491 observers, 561 identifiers

2021: 4,354 observations, 1,453 species, 500 observers, 506 identifiers

2022: 5,968 observations, 1,571 species, 638 observers, 517 identifiers

2023: 6,815 observations, 1,591 species, 712 observers, 373 identifiers

The numbers of species and observers have gone up each year. Aside from 2021 (did it rain that year?), the number of observations has also gone up each year. Interestingly, the number of identifiers has remained somewhat steady (assuming more identifiers will show up in the next few months).

Thank, everyone, and we'll see you next year!

--Lynn Harper and Tom Murray

Posted on July 26, 2023 09:02 PM by lynnharper