Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in November by the numbers (with the previous month in brackets).
No. of birders: 6,265 (5,151)
Number of observations: 10.14 lakhs (7.70 lakhs)
Number of lists (all types): 55,978 (45,177)
Number of species: 1,098 (1,059)
Number of unique lists with media: 5,965 (5,039)
The challenge for November was to upload at least 32 eligible lists in a certain way. A total of 99 eBirders successfully met this target!
Congratulations to all these birders!
Adil Ali, Adithya Bhat, Ajay Sarvagnam, Am Amsa, Amee Vyas, Amrit Raha, Angeline Mano M, Anish Bera, Anu Parthasarathy, Anuj Saikia, Aravind Am, Arun Prabhu, Arun Singh: Andaman Bird Tour, Ayaan S, Baharuddin Sk, Bhamini Pande, Bharatendra Singh Parihar, Bijoy Venugopal, Chetan Anand, Dinesh Chaudhary, Dipankar Dev, Divyaraj Shah, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Elavarasan M, Francis D’Souza, Fulchand Shiv, Gaja Mohanraj, Garima Bhatia, Hakimuddin F Saify, Harshith Jv, Isheta Divya , Jagdish Jatiya, Jageshwer Verma, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Jayu Munje, Joe M Raja, Karthikeyan R, Kilson Kiragori, Krishnendu Das, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Madhu Gupta, Madhur Upadhyay, Mahesh Rathod, Manash Pratim, Manju Sinha, Manoj Kumar Mk1, Mohammed Hirash, Mohit Sahu, Moovendan Ramalingam, Munish Gowda, Murari Varma, Naushad Theba, Navaneeth Sini George, Nishand Venugopal, Padma Gyalpo, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Parag Kokane, Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Prabhudatta Bal, Pranad Patil, Pronoy Baidya, Rahul Wakare, Raja Simma Pandiyan, Rajubhai Patel, Ramesh Shenai, Ramu Alluri, Renju Tr, Sachin Prabhu, Saikat Das, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Samir E, Sandeep Bagal, Sandhya Lenka, Sanjiv Khanna, Santhi K, Sarabjeet Kaur, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shaurya Rahul Narlanka, Shilpa Gadgil, Siddharth Biniwale, Siva T, Sourav Mandal, Sova Ghosh, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sri P, Subhadra Devi, Subhayan Biswas, Subramania Siva, Sudhanva Jahagirdar, Tejas Natu, Tuk Tuk, Vasen Suli, Vasi ., Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikrant Prabhulkar, Vivekananda K, Yash Gardare.
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 99 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Tejas Natu, 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 December?
Also, see here for the fresh set of yearlong challenges for 2024!
Header Image: Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos © Guy Tremblay / Macaulay Library
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