Bird Count India conducted a workshop on bird monitoring and documentation on 18 December 2016 in Kaiga. Kaiga, the site for the Kaiga Atomic Power Station, is a small township located in a rich and biodiverse region of Karnataka. The workshop was organised by the...
The eBird app for mobile phones was launched in 2015 and now more and more birders keep track of their sightings directly on the app, while they are out in the field. The app is available for iPhone and Android phones, and has a number of very nice features, which...
A few days ago, eBird India passed 50,000 bird photos, uploaded since the media feature was implemented back in November 2015. This means that, on average, over 100 photos per day of Indian birds have been uploaded over the past year -- a rate that is perhaps not...
The recently concluded UP Bird Festival brought together birdwatchers from across the world to Chambal for three days of presentations, workshops, exhibitions, birding and socialising. It was great to see several references to, and examples using, eBird by various...
Bird Count India conducted two workshops in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on 6-7 November 2016. The workshops were organised by the Birds and Wildlife Group of Chhattisgarh and the Science College, Raipur. On 6 Nov, 52 people (some from as far as Bhilai and Dhamtari)...
When Tony Antony recorded two Scaly-breasted (Spotted) Munias in his list from Erayilkadavu Bypass Road, Kottayam, on Sunday, 20 November 2016, the number of records uploaded to eBird from Kerala reached 1 million! With more than 70,000 checklists, covering 499 of...
Bird Count India recently conducted two workshops on bird monitoring and documentation in Mumbai: one at Mahim Nature Park, organized by the Mumbai Birdwatcher’s Club on 24th September 2016 and the other at IIT Powai, organized by IIT Bombay on the next day. The...
The eBird Data Quality and Review Process Summary (tl;dr) As eBird data is made publicly available for use in research and conservation it is important to ensure data accuracy as far as possible. To accomplish this, eBird uses a review process comprising...
As the number of eBirders continues to grow daily, a lot of us become familiar with the names of other birders from their lists and media on eBird. With the new eBird Profile Page, you can find out a bit more than just the names of the birders around the globe. The...
The World Shorebirds Day is celebrated on the 6th of September each year. The Global Shorebird Counting Program is one of the key events of the World Shorebirds Day, and it takes place between 02-06 September. It is an effort to raise awareness about the importance...
Each year, eBird updates the base eBird/Clements checklist to take into account any changes resulting from newly discovered species or better taxonomic understanding — including species splits, lumps, name changes and changes in sequence. In addition, various new...
A workshop on bird monitoring and documentation was organised in Leh on 09 August 2016 by Bird Count India, Nature Conservation Foundation and Wildlife Conservation and Birds Club of Ladakh. The Department of Wildlife Protection J&K, Snow Leopard Conservancy,...
