Has anyone created a Place for the Olympics? I think it would be fun to watch an iNat Olympics and see which species brings home the gold. Of course, you can use Paris as the Place and filter for dates, but that leaves out Tahiti where the surfing competition is held.

This is hilariously brilliant! :joy:

Aug 1 We are not even halfway through the Games and today was a Big Day. The Species race is exploding. There is movement in the top tiers with 9 Species moving out of the two observation doldrums. Top of the list Mallard has a slim lead with 6 observations. Hard on Mallard’s heels (do Mallards ha…

Aug 2 Well, hello Black-Headed Gull. Look at you flying past Carrion Crow to join Mallard in leading the Species race with 6 observations each. Other than this move by the Black-Headed Gull, the biggest change in the race is in the total number of Species on the board. Up to 215 from a mere 171 ye…

Aug 3 Talk about your shake ups! Black-Headed Gulf flying into a commanding position in the Species race with 12 observations! And Carrion Crow has the receipts with 8. Not sure what is happening to Mallard with only 6, no movement from yesterday. Maybe the rain sent them to the Seine? And in a ma…

As expected. Birds leading. Butterflies trailing. Plants and Fungi are also rans. But where ARE the Runners, the Olympic legs?

The Mammals had an early showing with two observations (Eurasian Red Squirrel and Brown Rat) but have not advanced. For what it’s worth, both observations are Research Grade.

I’m just over here, giving up on predicting what’s next in the Species race. Black Headed Gull maintains the lead position with 14 observations. Currently in second, the SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY (what??) with 9 observations is tied with Carrion Crow. In third is… (wait for it) Mallard (7) tied with M…

Black-headed gull is in first place right now!

Ok, back for the final push. Life got in the way. In the Species race, Black Headed Gull is hanging strong at 16. Carrion Crow (14) and Rock Pigeon (13) are not out of the race yet though there will have to be some movement soon. Mallard is still in contention with 11, so we are not done yet. Commo…

I could see the iNat Olympics expanding to more events in subsequent olympiads. Not only within-Kingdom or within-Phylum, but achievement of RG, annotations, possibly others.

iNat at the Olympics

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iNat at the Olympics

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