Vidhya Sundar is a mainstay on the "recent visit" page for Bangalore county on eBird India, and she enjoys birding as one of her many hobbies. Read on to find out more about her.
The summer doldrums have set in, and birders are not venturing out as much as we did in the winter months. There are still good reasons to be out birding, though! Here is the break-up of eBirding in India in May (with previous month in brackets). Number of birders: 995 (1,060) Number of lists (all types): 9,300 (10,200) Number of… read more »
May 2017 eBirders of the Month
The popular view of birdwatchers (or ‘twitchers’) is of people who rush madly from one end of the country to another to tick birds off their lists. But behind the headlines are an army of enthusiasts who do quite the reverse – they stay devotedly within a small local area, their Patch, and enthuse and obsess about the birds within… read more »
Patch Birding Reports
In the third of the Getting Started series, we discuss how to begin identifying birds.
Getting started 3: What is that bird?
2 June 2017 eBirding and Gap-filling challenges.
June 2017 eBirding Challenges
3 Towards the end of 2015, eBird introduced the Media Upload option to users across the world. This gave images and audio associated with eBird checklists a permanent home in the Macaulay Library’s database. A little while back, the total media uploaded to eBird from India crossed the 100,000 mark. This is a significant milestone and we’ve come a long way in… read more »
100,000 media and 300,000 checklists
The guide to identifying the 7 species of turdoides babblers found in India
The Jungle Babbler and its Six Sisters
1 We talk with Dr Dilip KG - a long-time birder and contributor to eBird India from Kerala.
Birder Profile: Dr Dilip KG
Birdsound recording is an accessible, fun and rewarding aspect of birding. Peter Boesman explains why.
The Value of Bird Sound Recordings
Answer to EBD Quiz 5
Endemic Bird Day 2017 (Answer to Quiz 5)
Quiz 5 of the Endemic Bird Quiz series.
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 5 and Answer 4
Quiz 4 of the Endemic Bird Quiz series!
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 4 and answer to Quiz 3
2 Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in April by-the-numbers (with previous month in brackets). Number of birders: 1,060 (1,360) Number of lists (all types): 10,200 (20,600) Number of lists (complete, 15min or longer): 7,900 (15,400) Number of observations: 1.90 lakh (3.30 lakh) April challenge The challenge for April was… read more »
April 2017 eBirders of the Month
Quiz 3 of the Endemic Bird Quiz series!
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 3 and answer to Quiz 2
We’re getting closer to the Endemic Bird Day 2017, and it’s time for the second quiz of the Endemic Bird Day quiz series! But first, here’s the answer to quiz 1: Bristled Grassbird Clues: a. Distribution – a highly nomadic bird, it has been recorded in the winters from across the country but in breeding season, it appears to be highly… read more »
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 2 and answer to Quiz 1
The challenge for the month of May is to upload at least 30 no-X, complete of at least 15-minute duration. The checklists of all those who complete the challenge will be pooled together, out of which the one list will be chosen at random out of those that contain a breeding code. The person who uploaded that list will be given a small gift in appreciation.
May 2017 eBirding Challenges
Endemic Bird Day 2017 is scheduled for 13 May 2017 and just as last year, there is a series of short quizzes to be answered in the run up to the main event. Here’s the first quiz: Based on the three clues given below, can you guess which subcontinental endemic is being referred to? (Note: The slideshow requires javascript to… read more »
Endemic Bird Day: Quiz 1
1 The following article has been written by Chinmay Rahane. The classification of birds into different species, known as avian taxonomy, is a fluid subject. Bird species are being split quite frequently these days, often due to advances in molecular methods. These methods are similar to DNA testing in human beings, by which one can make inferences about the ancestry of… read more »