Sharing your eBird list is a fantastic way to contribute to citizen science and connect with others who share your passion for birds. This September, we’re focusing on the power of sharing! Plus, don’t miss the bonus challenge towards the end—it’s all about contributing to the ‘Big Butterfly Month‘.
This month’s challenge is to upload a minimum of 30 eligible* lists, with the goal of sharing at least 4 out of these 30 lists with fellow eBirders.
Shared lists could be lists that another person has shared with you or you have shared with someone else. The only requirement is that all people on the shared checklist were birding together at the same time and place. Once shared, each person can edit the list specifically to what they see– deleting missed species, and adding species that others may not have seen. In this way, everyone on the trip can keep a faithful record of what they saw. More details about checklist sharing are here.
* 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.
Here are some Quick Videos to guide you on how to share checklists:
1. Share eBird checklist through eBird web
2. Share eBird checklist through eBird Mobile App
Please upload all your lists by 10 October 2024 so that we can announce the results soon after that.
Here are details about eBird-India’s Yearlong Challenge for 2024. You can keep track of fresh lists coming in from India on this page.
eBird Global Challenges: Watch this space to view September eBirder of the Month Challenge and check out the 2024 Checklist-a-day Challenge.
Bonus challenge (Optional)
We encourage you to participate in every citizen science initiative so don’t miss out on the excitement of the Big Butterfly Month 2024!
When you watch butterflies during this month, upload your sightings to any citizen science platform that supports observations from India. (e.g. India Biodiversity Portal, ifoundbutterflies, iNaturalist)
When
1–30 September, 2024
Where
Anywhere in India
How
Simply observe and photograph butterflies during September and upload the photos to your platform of choice. In any one eBird checklist of September (eligible lists only), add ‘Big Butterfly Month 2024’ to your checklist comments. In the same checklist comment, link any one of your butterfly observations. For example, see here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173038292
https://indiabiodiversity.org/observation/show/18025644
Here are some useful tips on how to observe and record butterflies.
Anyone who participates in Big Butterfly Month 2024 will be separately featured in the eBird monthly challenge results. Make sure you add ‘Big Butterfly Month 2024’ to your checklist comments.
Note the butterfly photographs uploaded to the citizen science platforms should be from Septermber 2024 only.
Please upload all your photographs before 10 October 2024 so that we can announce the results soon after that.
Header Image: Bank Myna Acridotheres ginginianus © Amee Vyas/ Macaulay Library
