Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in October by-the-numbers (with the previous month in brackets).
No. of birders: 4,593 (3,477)
Number of observations: 7.6 lakh (4.9 lakh)
Number of lists (all types): 43,358 (29,998)
Number of species: 1,071 (945)
Number of lists with media: 4,950 (2,898)
The challenge for October was to upload a minimum of 40 eligible* lists, with the goal of uploading at least 5 out of these 40 lists on 14 October. A total of 81 birders met the target! (updated at 20-11-2023 at 16:18)
Adil Ali, Ajay Sarvagnam, Am Amsa, Ambady Sasi, Amrit Raha, Ananya Deshkar, Angeline Mano M, Anish Bera, Anuranjan Singh Dhurwey, Aparna Jagadeesh, Ashok Agarwal, Bhamini Pande, Bhavishya C M, Bhuvan Raj K, Bijoy Venugopal, Chiranjiv Bhatti, Clara Correia, Dhruba Saikia, Dipankar Dev, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Gaja Mohanraj, Gaurav Singh, Gopalakrishna R, Hakimuddin F Saify, Hareesha A.S., Harshada Gauns, Hemant Ware, Jageshwer Verma, Jalmesh Karapurkar, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Joe M Raja, Krishnendu Das, Kuldip Topo, Lakshmi Bharadwaj, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Madhur Upadhyay, Manash Pratim, Manju Sinha, Manoj Pai, Mehala Kumar, Mohan Asampalli, Mohan Moolepetlu, Moovendan Ramalingam, Navaneeth Sini George, Nishad Eshaal, Parth Parikh, Prabhudatta Bal, Pradeeshwar R.J, Pronoy Baidya, Rahul Chetre, Rahul Pereira, Rahul Wakare, Ramesh Shenai, Rofikul Islam, Sagar Naik, Sahana M, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Sandhya Lenka, Sandip Das, Sanju Bennur, Sarabjeet Kaur, Sathish Ramamoorthy, Seema Tekam, Shilpa Gadgil, Shubham Rane, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Sourav Mandal, Spoorthi Nagaraju, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sreekumar D, Sriram Reddy, Srushti Bokil, Sudhanva Jahagirdar, Sudip Simha, Sushant Pawar, Urjit Singh, Vidhya Swaminathan, Vivek Kumar Patel, Vivek Saggar.
Congratulations to all these birders!
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 81 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Seema Tekam who receives a copy of The Living Air: The Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching by Aasheesh Pittie as a small gift in appreciation.
Are you doing your best to match the target for November?
Also, see here for the fresh set of yearlong challenges for 2023!
* Eligible checklists are those that report all species seen/heard (and are therefore marked ‘complete’), report numbers for all species rather than Xs, and are of at least 15 minutes or longer in duration.
Header Image: Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps by Savithri Singh/ Macaulay Library
Congratulations to all birders
Congratulations to all the ebirders who met the target… Congratulations Seema.