Happy New Year

Dragonfly submissions for 2020 are now complete. The new data will now be integrated into the Ohio Odonata Society database.

Some 2020 numbers. For observations of adults in the wild (not nymphs or greenhouse): earliest was March 28; latest was November 20. Interestingly, both of these dates involved multiple people, species, and locations. So, basically an eight month span of Odonata flying across Ohio.

The 2020 observation count (2020 observations submitted in 2020) stands at 22,507, submitted by 1287 different observers. 20,693 observations were community approved as "Research Grade" - and included 139 species.

These numbers compare favorably to historical numbers - the iNaturalist survey project had good participation beyond the end of the official state-wide survey (2017-2019). Thanks for your participation and interest.

Posted on January 1, 2021 02:33 PM by jimlem jimlem

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Thanks so much Jim. Happy New Year to you!! Lets beat 139 in 2021.

Posted by sallypsandpiper over 3 years ago

Woohoo! Great participation despite the whole ongoing pandemic thing.

Posted by malisaspring over 3 years ago

Happy dragonflying in 2021! Thanks Jim for all those stats!

Posted by lgilbert over 3 years ago

In answer to a question - These 'numbers' are not fixed - as additional observations are submitted (or removed) and subsequently vetted, the counts can, and will change.

Posted by jimlem over 3 years ago

Thanks for the update and Happy New Year.

Posted by rickbarricklow over 3 years ago

Thanks for getting me interested in Odonata citizen science. It adds another layer to my love of taking my camera out with Mother Nature.

Posted by susankamps over 3 years ago

Thanks for the update Jim and Happy 2021!

Posted by nnavarre over 3 years ago

Thanks Jim! And wishing everyone a happy and productive 2021.

Posted by pbkelly over 3 years ago

Thanks, Jim, for all the effort you continue to put into this! Happy New Year!

Posted by mangoverde over 3 years ago

Thanks Jim...enjoyed "working" with you last year. Your personal very large number of odonata observations blew me away;-)

Posted by mikeabel over 3 years ago

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