Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in December by-the-numbers (with the previous month in brackets).
No. of birders: 6,669 (4,985)
Number of observations: 11.6 lakh (8.4 lakh)
Number of lists (all types): 65,940 (45,638)
Number of species: 1,094 (1,104)
Number of lists with media: 6,537 (5,250)
The challenge for December was to upload a minimum of 30 lists with at least 5 lists with 1 or more media. A total of 128 birders met the target!
Abu Birder, Adil Ali, Adithya Bhat, Ahmad Faiz Mustafa, Ains Priestman, Am Amsa, Ambady Sasi, Amrit Raha, Andy Frank, Aneesh Sasidevan, Anish Bera, Anjali Krishna, Anuj Saikia, Arulvelan Thillainayagam, Arun Prabhu, Arun Singh: Andaman Bird Tour, Arunava Dutta, Ashwin Viswanathan, Bhavishya C M, Bijoy Venugopal, Bikash Dalbot Shira, Chai Eng Law, Chaiti Banerjee, Christopher John Issac, David Kuster, Deepa Mohan, Dhanapal Kondasamy, Dhruba Saikia, Dibyendu Ash, Dinesh Chaudhary, Dipankar Dev, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Dr. Adil A, Dr. Chetna Ugale, Francis D’Souza, Gaja Mohanraj, Garima Bhatia, H Nambiar, Hakimuddin F Saify, Harshith Jv, Hemraj Patil, Ikshan Ganpathi, Jagdish Jatiya, Jageshwer Verma, Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Jayant Jaiswal, Jugal Borah, Justin Streit, Krishnamoorthy Muthirulan, Krishnendu Das, Ksheetij Pandey, Kuldip Topo, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Linda Walsh, Madhavi Babtiwale, Madhu Gupta, Madhur Upadhyay, Mahendra Hegde, Mallikarjuna Agrahar, Mandar Tijare, Manjeet Gawas, Manju Sinha, Manoj Karingamadathil, Manoj Pai, Megha Kothadia, Mohanan Choron, Muhammed Niyas, Munish Gowda, Murari Varma, Neelakantan Kk, Nishad Eshaal, Nosherwan Sethna, Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Prabhakar Gujjarappa, Rahul Singh, Rahul Chetre, Rahul Wakare, Raja Bandi, Rajdeep Sarkar, Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Ramesh Shenai, Ranjeet Singh, Raveesha H N, Rofikul Islam, Rohan Chakravarty, Ronith Urs, Sagar Naik, Sahana M, Samanvitha Rao, Samish Dhongle, Sandip Das, Santharam V, Santhi K, Sarabjeet Kaur, Satish Ahir, Savio Fonseca (Www.Avocet-Peregrine.Com), Shashikiran Ganesh, Shaun Robson, Shelley Rutkin, Shilpa Gadgil, Shino Jacob Koottanad, Shivaprakash Adavanne, Shree Raksha, Siva T, Sourav Mandal, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Steffin Babu, Subhadra Devi, Sudhanva Jahagirdar, Sudip Simha, Sunita Dighe, Supriya Kulkarni, Sushant Pawar, Tomal Gogoi, Varun Sharma, Vasen Suli, Vidhya Sundar, Vidhya Swaminathan, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikrant Prabhulkar, Vivek Kumar Patel, Vivek Sudhakaran, Vivek Vaidyanathan, Vivekananda K, Vyom Vyas, Wachara Sanguansombat.
Congratulations to all these birders!
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 37 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Jageshwer Verma who receives a copy of The Living Air: Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching by Aasheesh Pittie as a small gift in appreciation. (Gift item updated in 22-01-2024).
Are you doing your best to match the target for January?
Also, see here for the fresh set of yearlong challenges for 2024!
Header Image: Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus by Jageshwer verma/ Macaulay Library
