Before we announce the winners of the 2022 eBird Yearlong Challenge, here are some details on previous year’s eBirding in India.
Number of species: 1,228
| Challenge | Qualifiers | Book gift | No. Qualifiers |
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Prolificmore than 500 lists in the year |
Manoj Kumar MK1 |
Tales of Remarkable Birds
Dominic Couzens |
94 |
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Adil Ali, Ajay Sarvagnam, Am Amsa, Amrit Raha, Ananya Deshkar, Angeline Mano M, Ankush Nirmalkar, Anonymous Anonymous, Anoop Nair, Anuranjan Singh Dhurwey, Arun George, Ashok Agarwal, Ashwin Viswanathan, Bharatendra Singh Parihar, Bhavishya C M, Bhupesh Taram, Bijoy Venugopal, Chayan Debnath, Cheran Jagadeesan, Dhruba Saikia, Dibyendu Ash, Dipankar Dev, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Dr. Adil A, Elavarasan M, Fes Mandalgarh, Francis D’Souza, Gaja Mohanraj, Ganeshwar S V, Garima Bhatia, H Nambiar, Harikrishnan C P, Harish Babu M, Harsha Jayaramaiah, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Joseph Melkis Raja, Karthik Thrikkadeeri, Karthikeyan R, Krishnamoorthy Muthirulan, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Lathika K K, Manash Pratim, Manjula Desai, Manoj Karingamadathil, Manoj Kumar Mk1, Mohan Asampalli, Moovendan Ramalingam, Nigin Babu, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Prabhudatta Bal, Praveen Bennur, Prem Swaroop Kolluru, Premchand Reghuvaran, Rahul Singh, Rajendra Koranga, Ramesh Shenai, Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman, Renju T R, Revathi Cm, Rofikul Islam, Sahana M, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Sandhya Lenka, Sanjiv Khanna, Sarabjeet Kaur, Seema Tekam, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shilpa Gadgil, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Siva T, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sreelal K Mohan, Srinivas Mallela, Steffin Babu, Subhadra Devi, Sudip Simha, Sujith Vs, Supriya Kulkarni, Sushant Pawar, Tarachand Bairwa, Urjit Singh, Vaishnavi S, Vasen Suli, Vasi ., Venus Joshi, Vidhya Swaminathan, Vigneshwaran B, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikrant Prabhulkar, Vinay K L, Vishal Mistry, Vivekananda K. |
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Consistentat least one list each day of the year (365 lists in 2022) |
Jayadev Menon |
Field Notes of an unintentional birder
Julia Zarankin |
25 |
| Adil Ali, Amrit Raha, Ashok Agarwal, Dhruba Saikia, Dr. Adil A, Elavarasan M, Hakimuddin F Saify, Harshith JV, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Lakshmikant Neve, Madhu Gupta, Moovendan Ramalingam, Rahul Singh, Ramesh Shenai, Renju Tr, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Sanjiv Khanna, Sarabjeet Kaur, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shilpa Gadgil, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Steffin Babu, Vaishnavi S, Venus Joshi, Vijaya Lakshmi. | |||
Adventurousat least 4 lists from at least 15 districts
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Rama M V |
Kingbird Highway
Kenn Kaufman |
54 |
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Adil Ali, Akshay Vaghela, Am Amsa, Ashwin Viswanathan, Avinash Bhagat, Bijoy Venugopal, Chaiti Banerjee, Chandramouli Ganguly, Chitra Shanker, Clara Correia, Deepali Watve, Dibyendu Ash, Dilip C Gupta, Esha Munshi, Garima Bhatia, Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj, Hakimuddin F Saify, Harsha Jayaramaiah, Joseph Melkis Raja, Kalyani Kapdi, Karthik Thrikkadeeri, Lakshmikant Neve, Lokesh Kumar, Madhu Gupta, Manjula Desai, Manoj Karingamadathil, Manoj Kumar Mk1, Mariam Ahmed, Maxim Rodrigues K, Mittal Gala, Mohan Raj K., Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Peter Lobo, Prabhudatta Bal, Praveen Bennur, Rajesh Panwar, Rajkamal Goswami, Raju Kasambe, Rama M V, Reshma Rai, Rofikul Islam, Sahana M, Sailendra Punukollu , Samanvitha Rao, Sandhya Lenka, Sandip Das, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Sohail Madan, Sourav Halder, Sriram Reddy, Subhadra Devi, Sudip Simha, Swarup Sarkar, Venus Joshi. |
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Faithfula least 200 lists from a single location |
Samir e |
Delightful Horror of Family Birding: Sharing Nature with the Next Generation
Eli J Knapp |
81 |
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Ains Priestman, Ajay Sarvagnam, Ambady Sasi, Amee Vyas, Amrit Raha, Ananya Deshkar, Ananyaa Dobhal, Angeline Mano M, Anirban Kundu, Anjali Krishna, Ankush Nirmalkar, Anuranjan Singh Dhurwey, Arun George, Ashok Agarwal, Bhavishya C M, Bijoy Venugopal, Chirag Munje, Deepak Gujar, Dhruba Saikia, Dipankar Dev, Dr. Adil A, Fermin Jose, Francis D’Souza, Gaja Mohanraj, H Nambiar, Harikrishnan C P, Harish Dobhal, Harshith Jv, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Kadambari Devarajan, Karthik Thrikkadeeri, Kunan Naik, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Madhu Gupta, Manju Sinha, Manoj Kumar Mk1, Mayank Namdeo, Mehala Kumar, Mohan Asampalli, Mohit Sahu, Mukundan Kizhakkemadham, Nigin Babu, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Pranad Patil, Praveen Bennur, Prem Swaroop Kolluru, Rajendra Koranga, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Ramesh Shenai, Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman, Ravi Kavungal, Renju Tr, Revathi Cm, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Samir E, Sanjiv Khanna, Sarabjeet Kaur, Seema Tekam, Sharad Apte, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shilpa Gadgil, Shino Jacob Koottanad, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Siva T, Sreelal K Mohan, Steffin Babu, Subhadra Devi, Sujith Vs, Supriya Kulkarni, Urjit Singh, Vaishnavi S, Vasi ., Venus Joshi, Vidhya Swaminathan, Vigneshwaran B, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikram S, Vivekananda K, Vyom Vyas. |
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Dedicatedat least 500 hours of birding in all |
Clara Correia |
Simon Barnes |
65 |
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Abu Birder, Adil Ali, Afsar Nayakkan, Ains Priestman, AM Amsa, Anand Shibu, Anjali Krishna, Anuranjan Singh Dhurwey, Arun Prabhu, Ashwin Viswanathan, Avinash Bhagat, Bijoy Venugopal, Chai Eng Law, Chandramouli Ganguly, Clara Correia, Dilip C Gupta, Dipankar Dev, Dombe Pradhqn, Fermin Jose, Francis D’Souza, Gaja Mohanraj, Janardhan Uppada, Jim Panwar, Joseph Melkis Raja, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Manash Pratim, Manjula Desai, Manoj Kumar Mk1, Moovendan Ramalingam, Prabhudatta Bal, Pranad Patil, Praveen Bennur, Rahul Singh, Rajesh Panwar, Raju Kasambe, Ramesh Shenai, Ravi Mekola, Renju TR, Rofikul Islam, Sahana M, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Sandhya Lenka, Sandip Das, Sanjiv Khanna, Santhi K, Savio Fonseca, Seema Tekam, Shakti Vel, Sharad Apte, Shilpa Gadgil, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Srinivas Mallela, Sriram Reddy, Sudip Simha, Swarup Sarkar, Tarachand Bairwa, Urjit Singh, Vasen Suli, Venus Joshi, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikram S, Vikrant Prabhulkar, Vivek Rawat, Vivekananda K. |
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eBirder of the YeareBirder of the month for at least 8 months |
Dipankar Dev |
The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration Bernd Heinrich |
23 |
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Amrit Raha, Ashok Agarwal, Dhruba Saikia, Dipankar Dev, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Gaja Mohanraj, Janardhan Uppada, Krishnamoorthy Muthirulan, Lakshmikant Neve, Praveen Bennur, Ramesh Shenai, Sahana M, Sarabjeet Kaur, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shilpa Gadgil, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Steffin Babu, Subhadra Devi, Vaishnavi S, Venus Joshi, Vidhya Swaminathan, Vijaya Lakshmi. |
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Well done to all birders who met targets for any of these yearlong challenges. Those chosen by a 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 a lucky draw from the twenty three qualifiers is Dipankar Dev. He receives a copy of Bernd Heinrich’s The Homing Instinct: Meaning and Mystery in Animal Migration.
If you haven’t started already, do take part in the challenges for the 2023 eBirder of the Year!
Header Image: Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis © Arpit Bansal/ Macaulay Library
Patch Birders are always in the list. After 2018, Happy to see my name in all yearlong challenges of 2022 again. Only two birders are there in all yearlong challenges of 2022 which is commendable effort from both of us. Congratulations Mr.Venus Joshi for winning all the challenges along with me.
Congratulations to all birders in winners’ list of yearlong challenges.
Congratulations to all the winners, especially those who completed all the challenges set in 2022.
And happy to be chosen as one of the winners.
Thank you, Bird Count India, for the lovely book and for making birding fun.
All set to undertake challenges set for 2023.
Regards
Congratulations to all birders in the lists…