2017 Biodiversity Ambassadors
For The Vicinity Of The Penetangore River Watershed
The Winners!
Bobolink ~ Snapping Turtle ~ Dwarf Lake Iris ~ Little Brown Bat
& Yellow-banded Bumble Bee

     With 42% of the vote, the Bobolink was the fly-away winner among the birds. The Barn swallow, Loggerhead shrike, and Eastern whip-poor-will were in a three way tie for second and each had 15% of the vote...this vote splitting really helped our winner. As you might expect, I am personally happy with this outcome...checkout the podcast on this site. And no I didn't fake this result! Go turtle go! The Snapping turtle was the clear winner in a battle with the Eastern ribbonsnake, with 79% of the vote going its way. You really seemed to connect with the Dwarf lake iris, with 62% of the vote going that way. The second place plant was the Butternut, but it was way back receiving 17% of the vote. One of the closest races was among the mammals. The Little brown bat was the winner with 36% of the vote and second place was the Cougar with 29%. Capturing 58% of the vote, the Yellow-banded bumble bee beat out the Monarch in an very close race. Thanks for voting, I hope you were both entertained and challenged. Think about sending me an email telling me how much you enjoyed the vote! :)

Short videos...how about getting a beverage and enjoying Earth Day weekend this way?
An ecclectic assortment of videos about our 2017 Biodiversity Ambassadors

Bobolink 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewW7XfD0EQU

Snapping turtle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FaTfpXs3vo

Dwarf lake iris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJHcLzSl2Ns

Little brown bat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_amnqvUl0k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxExwByOb9c

Yellow-banded bumble bee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwMfXtd4LbM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keeXiRPDsko

These are the links that were offered along with the vote.

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Want to read some old stuff concerning biodiversity? Nature 405, 208-211 (11 May 2000) | doi:10.1038/35012217