September saw a slight uptick in birding in India- thanks to migratory birds that started arriving. The winter migration began in July and will continue through November, with more species and individuals arriving in September. Here is the break-up of eBirding in India in Sep 2022 (with previous month in brackets).
No. of birders: 2,933 (2,665)
Number of observations: 4.4 lakh (3.5 lakh)
Number of lists (all types): 28,321 (21,602)
Number of species: 949 (881)
Number of lists with media: 2,820 (2,214)
September Challenge:
The challenge for September was to upload at least 30 list with 6 out of 30 lists to be shared lists. A total of 114 birders met the target:
Aamir Matli, Adarsh Ajay, Adil Ali, Afsar Nayakkan, Akhil S, Alen Alex, Am Amsa, Amee Vyas, Amrit Raha, Anand Shibu, Ananya Deshkar, Aneesh Sasidevan, Ankur Puri, Anonymous Anonymous, Anoop Nair, Anuranjan Singh Dhurwey, Arpit Bansal, Arulvelan Thillainayagam, Arun George, Ashalatha Chevar Kapikad, Ashok Agarwal, Ashwin Viswanathan, Avinash Bhagat, Bhaarat Vyas, Chayan Debnath, Deepali Watve, Dhanapal Kondasamy, Dhruba Saikia, Dipak Sinha, Dipankar Dev, Dipu Karuthedathu, Dr George P J, Dr Mita Gala, Dr. Chetna Ugale, Francis D’Souza, G Lakshmanan, Garima Bhatia, Gaurav Singh, Gireesan Tu, Gokulakrishnan G, Gourav Sonawane, Govind Girija, H Nambiar, Hareesha As, Hari Kumar, Harikrishnan C P, Harish Babu M, Harshith Jv, Jenny Johny Soloman Samuel, Joseph Melkis Raja, Karthik Thrikkadeeri, Karthikeyan R, Kishore P, Krishna Murthy, Krishnamoorthy Muthirulan, Kunan Naik, Lakshmikant Neve, Mahendra Bhil, Manash Pratim, Mandar Chowkekar, Manoj Pai, Mohammed Hirash, Mohan Asampalli, Navya Vyas, Nigin Babu, Nishad Eshaal, Nosherwan Sethna, Nutan Raj, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Prabhudatta Bal, Praveen Bennur, Praveen J, Premchand Reghuvaran, Rahul Singh, Ramesh Shenai, Reshma Rai, Rofikul Islam, Rowena Robinson, Sahana M, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Samir E, Sandhya Lenka, Santharam V, Saswat Mishra, Seema Tekam, Shashikiran Ganesh, Sheena S, Shilpa Gadgil, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Siva T, Sivakumar Ak, Smita Goyal, Sreehari K Mohan, Sreekanth C, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sreelal K Mohan, Steffin Babu, Subhadra Devi, Sudip Simha, Sujith S, Supriya Kulkarni, Tony Antony, Urjit Singh, Vaishnavi S, Venus Joshi, Vidhya Swaminathan, Vidya Chandra, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikram S, Vinay K L, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Vishal Mistry, Vyom Vyas.
Congratulations to all these birders!
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 114 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is H Nambiar who receives a T-shirt (Endemic Birds of India) as a small gift in appreciation!
Are you doing your best to match the target for October?
Also, see here for the fresh set of yearlong challenges for 2022!
Header Image: Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea © Raghavendra Mukundarao/ Macaulay Library
