Coimbatore’s Perur lake: From Bird Sanctuary to a fish farm?
This article from members of the Perur Lake Forum is a summarised version of their publication in Indian Birds–Rapid decline of waterbirds in urban wetlands
Patterns and Analysis
Data Analysis Consultation for eBird Data
A large quantity of eBird data available could be difficult to navigate. Bird Count India team has some experience in analyzing eBird data and is willing to unblock other analysts in their job to get desired results. Every Thursday, there will be three 20-minute slots. Available BCI staff will answer any questions you have during this 20 minutes.
Patch Monitoring Project Results 2022
Congratulations to all who have successfully completed one full year of patch monitoring through participation in the Patch Monitoring Project! The Patch Monitoring Project is an India-wide initiative for citizens to systematically monitor birds in their favourite...
Using eBird Data for Research
In India, eBird adoption started in 2013 and there are now (March 2022) 30 million observations, 1.6 million images, 80,000 audio, and 10,000 videos. This mammoth yet free database is being increasingly used by scientists and citizens for the purpose of bird...
Rongali Bihu Bird Count 2021-Results
Rongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year. This is the time of the year when summer is setting in, and birds all around you will be busy with breeding activities. Aim of the Rongali Bihu Bird Count is to document the wide variety of birds in Assam, particularly those that breed in Assam during this time of the year.
Great Backyard Bird Count 2021—Final Results
GBBC 2021 was perhaps the most memorable Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) to date in India!
Magh Bihu Bird Count 2021-Results
Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu has its own importance of celebrating the harvesting season of crops. It is that time of the year when you are surrounded by misted fog, cold nights, and migrating birds. The aim of Magh Bihu Bird Count is to document the diversity of bird species and their number at this time of the year.
Lockdown Birding Challenge Results
The Lockdown Birding Challenge ran from 27 March to 16 May 2020. The idea was to try and turn a difficult time into a positive contribution towards understanding India's birds. The basic idea was to watch birds every day, twice a day (morning and evening) in a...
Coimbatore City Bird Atlas Feb-Mar 2020 Report
Coimbatore City Bird Atlas (CCBA) is a citizen science project to map the distribution and abundance of birds of the Coimbatore city using field surveys between 2020 and 2022. The city was gridded and divided into thirty-seven, 3.3 km x 3.3 km cells. Each cell is a...
Magh Bihu Bird Count 2020-Results
Magh Bihu Bird Count 2020, was the first Bihu Bird Count that took place from 11th to 13th January, 2020. The aim is to encourage people to go birding anywhere, recording and sharing their observations and uploading their checklists on the eBird website. The...
Who let the birds out? | The expanding range of Indian Peafowl in Kerala
By Tarun Menon I have been visiting my grandparent’s home in Palakkad for the last 23 years. Until 2015, neither me nor my family had seen a peafowl except for one fleeting glance. But in the last five visits I have made since 2016, I have had to wake up to no less...
Distribution of Indian vultures
On the annual Vulture Awareness Day, we take a look at our vultures' current distributions post the declines in the past 3 decades.
