August being the time when some of the winter’s first migrants arrive there was an uptick seen in birding!
Here is a brief glimpse of birding in August by the numbers (with the previous month in brackets).
No. of birders: 2,665 (2,542)
Number of observations: 3.5 lakh (3.4 lakh)
Number of lists (all types): 21,602 (21,657)
Number of species: 881 (874)
Number of lists with media: 2214 (2,280)
August Challenge:
The challenge for August was not just to upload a set number of lists but also to add behaviour comments and breeding codes.
A total of 20 birders met the target. (These are excluding group accounts and those with no identifiable name):
Many congratulations to all of them!
Amrit Raha, Ashok Agarwal, Chayan Debnath, Debashis Chowdhury, Dhruba Saikia, Dipankar Dev, Gaja Mohanraj, Jenny Johny Soloman Samuel, Lakshmikant Neve, Nitin Srinivasa Murthy, Praveen Bennur, Sahana M, Sharad Apte, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shilpa Gadgil, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sudip Simha, Supriya Kulkarni, V Sitaram.
From these 20 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Supriya Kulkarni who receives a copy of The Most Perfect Thing: Inside (and Outside) a Bird’s Egg by Tim Birkhead as a small gift in appreciation!
Are you birding towards the September 2022 eBird challenge– uploading at least 30 lists and 6 out of 30 to be shared with other birders.
And of course, there are also the yearlong challenges for 2022! A list of challenges at the global level can be seen here.
Header Image: Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea © Jaya Samkutty/ Macaulay Library
