We are pleased to announce the results of the 2018 eBird Yearlong Challenge. This year the challenges were a little bit harder than in 2017, but nevertheless an impressive number of birders (minus group accounts) managed to meet the various targets! Of all those who qualified by meeting the target in any particular category, one person (in bold) was chosen by lucky draw to receive a small gift in appreciation.
| Challenge | Qualifiers | Book gift | No. Qualifiers |
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Prolific>450 lists in the year |
Premchand Reghuvaran |
Mrs Moreau’s Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names
Stephen Moss |
44 |
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Abhin M Sunil, ADIL NAFAR , Ajay Gadikar, AM AMSA, Ankit Vikrant, Anup Prakash, Arulvelan Thillainayagam, Arun B, Ashwin Viswanathan, Chirag Munje, David Raju, Deepti Krishnan, Divya Subramani, Emanuel george , Ganeshwar SV, GOVIND GIRIJA, Hareesha AS, HARSHJEET BAL, Jageshwer verma, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, JOE M RAJA, Kshitija Gupta, Lakshmikant Neve, MAXIM RODRIGUES K, Mittal Gala, Mohan Chandra Joshi, Najeeb K, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Periyasamy Rajangam, Praver Mourya, Premchand Reghuvaran, Pushpa Puliyeri, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Ramesh Desai, Renju TR, Sajeev Krishnan, Sandhya Lenka, Selvaganesh K, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sreekumar E R, sreekumar k govindankutty, SRINILA MAHESH K T, Steffin Babu, Subhadra Devi, VASEN SULI, Vidhya Sundar, Vinay K L |
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Consistentat least 4 lists each week |
Manju Sinha |
The Genius of Birds
Jennifer Ackerman |
20 |
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Ajay Gadikar, Chirag Munje, Emanuel george , HARSHJEET BAL, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Lakshmikant Neve, Manju Sinha, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Praver Mourya, Sajeev Krishnan, Sandhya Lenka, Selvaganesh K, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Steffin Babu, Subhadra Devi, Vidhya Sundar, Vinay K L, Vinay Nadig, Vinod Shankar |
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Adventurousat least 3 lists from each of at least 25 districts |
Lakshmikant Neve |
The Delightful Horror of Family Birding: Sharing Nature With the Next Generation
Eli J. Knapp |
10 |
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Anup Prakash, Ashwin Viswanathan, Garima Bhatia, Jayadev Menon, Lakshmikant Neve, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Prachi Thatte, Praver Mourya, Selvaganesh K, Subhadra Devi |
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Faithfula least 150 lists from a single location |
Kshitija Gupta |
The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration
Bernd Heinrich |
47 |
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Abhay Pandey, Abhin M Sunil, Abhirami C, ADIL NAFAR , Afthab Faisal k, Ajay Gadikar, Amal U S, Ankit Vikrant, Arun B, Aswin KS, Chirag Munje, David Raju, Deepti Krishnan, Dr. NISHAD PM, Emanuel george , Hareesha AS, HARSHJEET BAL, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Kshitija Gupta, Lakshmikant Neve, Manju Sinha, Mittal Gala, Mohan Chandra Joshi, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Periyasamy Rajangam, Praver Mourya, Pushpa Puliyeri, Raja Simma Pandiyan, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Raman Kumar, Ramesh Desai, Renju TR, Sajeev Krishnan, SANJEEV NALAVADE, Selvaganesh K, Shasank Ongole, sreekumar k govindankutty, SRINILA MAHESH K T, Steffin Babu, Subhadra Devi, vaazhaikumar kumar, VASEN SULI, Vidhya Sundar, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vinay K L, Vinay Nadig |
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Dedicatedat least 450 hours of birding in all |
Hareesha AS |
The Wonderful Mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist
Tim Birkhead |
27 |
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Arnold Goveas, Ashwin Viswanathan, David Raju, dhanapal kondasamy, Emanuel george , fermin jose, Hareesha AS, Jayadev Menon, Lakshmikant Neve, Mohan Chandra Joshi, Narendran M.M, Rahul Singh, Rajesh Panwar, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Raju Kasambe, Ravi naidu, Renju TR, Rofikul Islam, Roozbeh Gazdar, Sahana M, Selvaganesh K, Shwetha Bharathi, SRINILA MAHESH K T, Steffin Babu, Subhadra Devi, Taukeer Alam Lodha, Vijaya Lakshmi |
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eBirder of the YeareBirder of the month for at least 9 months |
Sreekumar Chirukandoth |
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
Kirk Wallance Johnson |
16 |
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Ajay Gadikar, Anup Prakash, Deepti Krishnan, Emanuel george, Ganeshwar SV, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Kshitija Gupta, Lakshmikant Neve, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Praver Mourya, Sajeev Krishnan, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Subhadra Devi, VASEN SULI, Vidhya Sundar |
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Well done to all birders who met targets for any of these yearlong challenges. Those chosen by lucky draw will all receive the books listed above.
Special congratulations to the very devoted who qualified for the eBirder of the Year. The one person chosen by lucky draw from the sixteen qualifiers, is:
Sreekumar Chirukandoth
He receives a copy of Kirk Wallace Johnson’s The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century.
If you haven’t started already, do take part in the challenges for 2019 eBirder of the Year!
Congratulations
Congratulations to all eBirders. Hope due to such challenges Bird Conservation will take a speed & we birders will engage in habitat conservation methods.
congrats to the winners
You can be one of the 16 after a year long effort and still end up with zilch!! Anyway 2019 is a new year. So will keep at it. Also Congratulations to all the winners