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: 5,151 (4,616)
Number of observations: 7.70 lakhs (6.5 lakhs)
Number of lists (all types): 45,177 (42,561)
Number of species: 1,059 (969)
Number of unique lists with media: 5,039 (3,983)
The challenge for October was to upload a minimum of 30 lists, with a specific requirement to upload at least 4 out of these 30 lists on 12th October. A total of 113 eBirders successfully met this target!
Congratulations to all these birders!
Adil Ali, Adithya Bhat, Advaith Anand, Alefiya Saify, Am Amsa, Ambady Sasi, Amrit Raha, Anand Birdlife, Angeline Mano M, Anish Bera, Anuj Saikia, Anuranjan Singh Dhurwey, Aparna S, Arun Singh: Andaman Bird Tour, Arun Tyagi, Asha Rajan, Ashika S, Ayaan S, Baharuddin Sk, Bhamini Pande, Bharatendra Singh Parihar, Bharath Ravikumar, Bhavishya C M, Bikash Dalbot Shira, Boominathan Durairaj, Cheran Jagadeesan, Chetan Anand, Chirag Munje, Chirantanu Saikia, Dipankar Dev, Divyaraj Shah, Dr Bipasha David, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Fulchand Shiv, Gaja Mohanraj, Gani Khatri, Garima Bhatia, Gaurav Sinha, H Nambiar, Hakimuddin F Saify, Isheta Divya , Jagdish Jatiya, Jageshwer Verma, Jayadev Menon, Joe M Raja, Karthikeyan R, Kilson Kiragori, Krishnendu Das, Kuldip Topo, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Mahesh Rathod, Manash Pratim, Manju Sinha, Megha Kothadia, Mohammad Suleman Baig, Mohit Sahu, Munish Gowda, Murari Varma, Muskan Shrivastava, Naushad Theba, Navaneeth Sini George, Padma Gyalpo, Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Pranad Patil, Rahul Wakare, Rajendra Koranga, Rakesh Dhurwey, Ramesh Shenai, Ramu Alluri, Ranjeet Chitrakar, Renju Tr, Rofikul Islam, Sachin Prabhu, Sagar Naik, Sameer Kulkarni, Samish Dhongle, Sandeep Kumar Reddy Gangasani, Sandip Das, Sanjeev Menon, Sarabjeet Kaur, Sarthy Prasanth, Sathish Ramamoorthy, Selvaganesh K, Shajan Shaki, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shilpa Gadgil, Shravya Savithri K, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Siddharth Biniwale, Siva T, Sourav Mandal, Sova Ghosh, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sri P, Subhas Picheli, Subhayan Biswas, Subramania Siva, Sudhanva Jahagirdar, Sundar Muruganandhan, Swati Rahangdale, Tejas Natu, Thikanna G, Tuk Tuk, Vandana Moon, Vasen Suli, Vasi ., Vedkumari Verma, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikrant Prabhulkar, Vipul Dhawle, Vivek Kumar Patel, Vivek Sudhakaran
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 113 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Vikrant Prabhulkar who receives a signed copy of Women in the Wild: Stories of India’s Most Brilliant Women Wildlife Biologists by Anita Mani 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 2024!
Header Image: Bluethroat Luscinia svecica © Samim Akhter/ Macaulay Library
