At the end of day 2 of the the Great Backyard Bird Count, India remains near the top of the global tables, with 651 species and 4824 checklists. From India,...
Patterns and Analysis
GBBC 2019 Day 1 Results
Here is the situation at the end of Day 1 of the Great Backyard Bird Count. Note that the numbers on the GBBC live submissions site may differ somewhat from...
Wetland Bird Count: A Gateway to Citizen Science
A guest post by the members of the Perur Lake Forum – a group of birders who conducted surveys to monitor the state of Perur Lake in Coimbatore.
Birds of Bhusawal Thermal Power Station, Maharashtra
A Patch Report by Lakshmikant Rajaram Neve This report describes the birds and other wildlife of the Bhusawal Thermal Power Station, Maharashtra. It is based...
The Rain Bird and the Monsoon
The Pied Cuckoo is well known to birdwatchers and in folklore as the bird that heralds the beginning of the monsoon. Legend has it that the 'chaatak' arrives...
Any black on the wings, Mr. Jungle Babbler?
The following article has been written by Chinmay Rahane. The classification of birds into different species, known as avian taxonomy, is a fluid subject....
Pongal Bird Count 2017 – Results
The Pongal Bird Count (PBC), an initiative of the TamilBirds network, is an annual bird monitoring program. Take a look at the results of the third edition of...
GBBC 2017: India Results so Far
The World’s Biggest Bird-a-thon comes to India! During the four days between 17 and 20 February, more than a thousand birdwatchers throughout India will come...
Three years of the Mysore Bird Atlas
The Mysore City Bird Atlas has completed three years of operation and summaries of the results for 2014-2016 are available to view and download! The Atlas is...
Endemic Bird Day 2016 Results
Saturday 14 May was a great success as Endemic Bird Day in India, with 204 birders uploading 592 lists to eBird - more than 13,000 bird observations! A total...
Dry-land Birds Wing it to ‘Wet’ Kerala
This is a summary of an article by S. Gopikrishna Warrier in India Climate Dialogue, using eBird India data to demonstrate the range expansion of dry-land...
GBBC India 2016 Results – Out Now!
7,908 lists from 1,105 birders, with 785 species in total – that’s the impressive headline from 4 days of birding for this year’s GBBC in India. A total of...