In December, we'll focus on both birding effort as well as media uploads.
Bird Count India
1 Here are a few resources that can come in handy for birders of all ages and levels of experience.
Getting Started 2.1: Resources for Indian Birders
3 Subhadra Devi is a passionate birder and traveller. Find out more.
Birder Profile: Subhadra Devi
5 In this article, a few tricks to become better at remembering bird sounds are listed out.
Getting Started 6: Learning Bird Sounds
This month's challenge involves birding during the Wildlife Week
October 2018 eBirding Challenge
1 By understanding and recognising bird sounds, birders can further enrich their birding experience.
Getting Started 5: Tuning in to bird sounds
1 Garima Bhatia is featured on this month's birder profile.
Birder Profile – Garima Bhatia
Blyth's and Richard's Pipits winter across the region and are easily confused with Paddyfield Pipits. Here's how to ID them.
Identifying Pipits: Blyth’s and Richard’s Pipits
The challenge in September is to upload a minimum of 20 checklists and spend an aggregate of at least 12 hours of birding over the course of this month.
September 2018 eBirding Challenge
6 Mahathi is a 16 year-old birdwatcher from Chennai who loves everything about nature. Read on to find out more about one of India's most promising young birders!
Birder Profile: N Mahathi
1 The Paddyfield Pipit is resident across most parts of the country and this is an excellent time of the year to familiarise oneself with the most common pipit of the region.
Identifying Paddyfield Pipits
The August challenge is to upload at least 5 checklists a week, and 2 from a hotspot you haven't visited.
August 2018 eBirding Challenge
Uttar Pradesh is dominated by crowded urban centres and intense agriculture, typically not a good recipe for large wetland birds. Yet cranes in Uttar Pradesh are flourishing, not despite the people — but because of the people.
In A Crowded State, Farmers And Sarus Cranes Coexist
The key to improving ID skills is spending more time in your park or garden and observing the common birds that live there. Read on to find out why.
Getting Started 4: Know the common birds
3 Rujuta Phadke is an ardent and intrepid birdwatcher from Mumbai. She is also among the coordinators of the Mumbai Birdwatchers Club. Read on more about her.
Birder Profile – Rujuta Phadke
The challenge this month is to upload a minimum of 30 complete checklists of at least 15 minutes duration, of which at least three lists must document a brood-parasitic cuckoo (seen or heard).
June 2018 eBirding Challenge
5 This month, the birder's profile features Raja Simma Pandiyan. Read on to find out more about him!
Birder Profile – Raja Simma Pandiyan
In the absence of a camera, your phone and binoculars can prove to be an invaluable combination for taking photographs of birds. Read on for more...