Canterbury Chilean Mayten Hunt!'s Journal

Thank you to everyone of you who has been on the look out and recorded on iNaturalist when you have spotted Chilean mayten this August, September and October in Canterbury.
You have all contributed to helping us towards our goal of gaining a better picture of this species distribution in the region. Also a big thank you to those of you who have taken the time to verify these observations.

Environment Canterbury's BIOSECURITY 'EAGLE EYE' SHIELD goes to.....
JASON BUTT - For 143 C.maytens iNaturalist observations during the Hunt!
Jason will be the very first recipient to have their name engraved on this shield!

Congratulations to the recipients of the following SPOT prizes (pulled using a randomized number generator)

DRAW 1 - $30 petrol voucher - Zipporah P
DRAW 2 - $30 petrol voucher - Jason Butt
DRAW 3 - $30 petrol voucher - Zipporah P
DRAW 4 - $30 petrol voucher - Zipporah P
DRAW 5 - $30 petrol voucher - Istella
DRAW 6 - $30 petrol voucher - Jason Butt
DRAW 7 - $30 petrol voucher - Jon Sullivan
DRAW 8 - $30 petrol voucher - Zipporah P
DRAW 9 - $30 petrol voucher - Jason Butt
DRAW 10 - $30 petrol voucher - Jason Butt
DRAW 11 - $30 petrol voucher - Colin Meurk
DRAW 12 - $30 petrol voucher -Jason Butt
DRAW 13 - $30 petrol voucher -Istella
DRAW 14 - Weedbuster Backpack - Jon Sullivan
DRAW 15 - Weedbuster book (Weed control hand book) - Zipporah P
DRAW 16- Weedbuster hat - Jason Butt

Please contact me on gemma.livingstone@ecan.govt.nz so I can arrange getting your prizes to you.
Congratulations to all our winners, and again, thank you to everyone who has contributed to our Chilean mayten Hunt!

We have two weeks left of our Canterbury Chilean Mayten Hunt.
Thank you to everyone's reports, we have 188 sightings for Canterbury in iNaturalist!

Jason Butt is currently in the lead to have his name engraved on the BRAND NEW Biosecurity 'Eagle Eye Shield' awarded by Environment Canterbury to the person with the most sightings of Chilean mayten in Canterbury for this event. Zipporah is not far behind though! Anything is still possible, and anyone of us reporting is in the draw for spot prizes!

Here's the link for any newbies who would like see key ID features of Chilean mayten against some common 'look alikes' https://spark.adobe.com/page/fifOueJci2ick/

As a way of saying thanks for helping us to form a picture of where Chilean mayten is in Canterbury, we have up to $500-worth of spot prize giveaways! In addition, the Environment Canterbury Biosecurity 'Eagle eye' Shield will be awarded to the individual with the most confirmed Chilean mayten sightings in Canterbury during August, September and October 2019.

Every confirmed Chilean mayten sighting recorded on iNaturalist (with good photos and location) and located in the Canterbury region is one entry into the spot prize draw. A NEW confirmed Chilean mayten location within Canterbury is worth 3 entries!

Spot prizes include petrol vouchers and Weedbuster merchandise.

Details:
• The draw will occur on Wednesday 6 November
• There is no restriction on who can enter.
• A “new” sighting is defined as one not currently recorded on iNaturalist in Canterbury New Zealand by anyone else.
• Should a tie occur then new records will have a higher rating.
• The judge’s decision is final.

Good luck and get spotting!