Just like every year, January is dedicated to the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC). Birders all across India (and all of Asia!) will be visiting all kinds of wetlands to document birds as well as the state of wetlands that harbor them. Initiatives such as these contribute greatly to the documentation and continued monitoring efforts of our wetland birds and their habitats.… read more »

January 2021 eBirding Challenge

Bird Count India
Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in November by-the-numbers (with the previous month in brackets) Number of birders: 2926 (2502) Number of lists (all types): 26402 (25609) Number of observations: 5.4 lakh (5.14 lakh) November Challenge: The challenge for  November was designed to highlight two events –Salim Ali Bird… read more »

November 2020 eBirders of the Month

Challenges
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) in association with Bird Count India (BCI) announces the first coordinated global Indian Skimmer Count. This is an initiative to fill the knowledge gap about the Indian Skimmer population. This count will be conducted in two phases. The first phase will be conducted on 19th – 20th December 2020, and the second phase in… read more »

The Indian Skimmer Count

Projects
Thanks to all the birders who participated in Wild Bird Day/ October Big Day and Global Bird Weekend! As a result, this month saw an increase in birding activity. Here is the break-up of eBirding in India in October 2020 (with the previous month in brackets). Number of birders: 2502 (1,946) Number of lists (all types): 25609 (17,932) Number of… read more »

October 2020 eBirders of the Month

Challenges
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The State of India’s Birds 2020 (SoIB 2020) is a first-of-its-kind collaborative effort that evaluates the overall conservation status of the most regularly occurring bird species in India. SoIB 2020 was formally released in February 2020 at the 13th Conference of Parties of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and involved a collaboration between the following 10… read more »

State of India’s Birds

Patterns and Analysis / Projects
The enthusiasm of Wild Bird Day/ October Big Day continues this month, as we take part in two uniquely Indian birding events in November- Salim Ali Bird Count and Maharashtra Pakshi Saptah  This month’s eBird challenge is designed to highlight these two events. The challenge is to submit 1 checklist every day in November. In addition to this, between 5-… read more »

November 2020 eBirding Challenge

Challenges
1. Please tell us something about yourself, where do you live and what do you do. I live in Jalgaon, Maharashtra. I did a Masters in Arts (M.A), Masters in Library Science (M.Lib), and worked as a librarian from 1997 to 2018.  I completed an ornithology course with BNHS and also underwent training in bird sound recording. I have attended… read more »

Birder Profile: Shilpa Gadgil

Birder Profile
September produced some excitement among birdwatchers as the season’s first migrant Grey Wagtails and Blue-tailed Bee-eaters were seen from balconies and rooftops. Bird enthusiasts in Tamil Nadu celebrated the arrival of the Common Sandpiper, Greenish Warbler, and Grey Wagtail with posters :). October marks the beginning of the winter in most of India when many of our migrants have already… read more »

October 2020 eBirding Challenge

Challenges