Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in May by the numbers (with the previous month in brackets).
No. of birders: 4,999 (5,095)
Number of observations: 6.92 lakhs (7.30 lakhs)
Number of lists (all types): 43,841 (43,168)
Number of species: 1,034 (1,086)
Number of unique lists with media: 4,415 (4,380)
The challenge for May was to compile at least 32 eligible* checklists throughout the month in a certain way. A total of 88 eBirders successfully met this target!
Adil Ali, Adithya Bhat, Ajay Sarvagnam, AM Amsa, Amrit Raha, Anand Singh, Anish Bera, Anu Parthasarathy, Anurupa Shil, Arun Prabhu, Arun Singh: Andaman Bird Tour, Ashwin A, Bhamini Pande, Bharatendra Singh Parihar, Bijoy Venugopal, Chetan Anand, Chinmay Bhoyar, Chirag Munje, Dev Choudhari, Dhanushya M, Dipankar Dev, Divyaraj Shah, Dr Bipasha David, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Dr.Ranjeet Chitrakar, Elavarasan M, Gaja Mohanraj, Hakimuddin F Saify, Harshada Gauns, Isheta Divya, Jageshwer Verma, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Joe M Raja, Joshika Tanujakumar, Karthikeyan R, Krishnendu Das, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Madhu Gupta, Mahesh Rathod, Malyasri Bhattacharya, Manash Pratim, Manju Sinha, Manjula Desai, Manoj Kumar Mk1, Manoj Pai, Mohit Sahu, Munish Gowda, Murari Varma, Muskan Shrivastava, Neelakantan Kk, Padma Gyalpo, Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Prabhakar Gujjarappa, Prabhudatta Bal, Pradeep C R, Pranad Patil, Pronoy Baidya, Rahul Chetre, Rahul Wakare, Rajendra Koranga, Ramesh E, Ramesh Shenai, Renju Tr, Sachin Prabhu, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Samir E, Sandhya Phalke, Santhi K, Sarabjeet Kaur, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shaunak Deshpande, Shilpa Gadgil, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Sourav Mandal, Sri P, Srinivas Mallela,Subhadra Devi, Sudhanva Jahagirdar, Tanuja Dasharath Haunsbhavi, Tuk Tuk, V Sitaram, Vidhya Swaminathan, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikram S, Vikrant Prabhulkar, Vivek Vaidyanathan.
Congratulations to all these birders!
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 88 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Anish Bera, who receives a signed copy of At the feet of Living Things by Aparajita Datta, Rohan Arthur, and T.R. Shankar Raman as a small gift in appreciation.
Have you found any brood parasitic cuckoo for the June challenge?
Also, see here for the fresh set of yearlong challenges for 2024!
Header Image: Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis © Novelkumar M S/ Macaulay Library
My name is missing
The challenge which was shown earlier, is now changed while releasing winning participants.
Till the time we can see the different challenge for ebirder of the month may. I am sharing link.
https://ebird.org/news/may-ebirder-of-the-month-challenge-2024
I followed the same and expecting my name in the above list. But its not there. Please look into matter. There would be lot of people facing the same issue.
Please take some corrective action.