| GBBC-INDIA 2016 HOME (see Results) CAMPUS BIRD COUNT (see Results) PHOTO CONTEST |
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Jungle Babbler, widespread throughout India. Photo by Prashant Kumar.
CONTACT INFORMATION
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the relevant coordinators, below. If your State is not listed here, please email your questions to birdcountindia@gmail.com or call Ramit Singal at 9686915235.
Assam
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Udayan Borthakur <udayan.borthakur@gmail.com> 9435728717 Narayan Sharma <narayansharma77@gmail.com> 7896951705 |
Narayan Sharma <narayansharma77@gmail.com> 7896951705 Jaydev Mandal <jaywithdev@gmail.com> 9864942722 |
Delhi
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Soma Ateesh <soma.ateesh@gmail.com> 9810415483 Abhishek Gulshan <agulshan1986@gmail.com> 9818944362 |
Meghna Joshi <joshi.meghna90@gmail.com> 9953115182 |
Goa
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Mandar Bhagat <mandaringoa@gmail.com> Pronoy Baidya <titan2ae@gmail.com> 8277397042 |
Gujarat
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Maulik Varu <drmaulikvaru@yahoo.com> 9909071540 Prasad Ganpule <prasadganpule@gmail.com> |
Kedar Champhekar <kedar.c@ceeindia.org> 9909411954 |
Jammu and Kashmir
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Intesar Suhail <intesar.suhail@gmail.com> 9419049275 |
Parvaiz Shagoo <parvaizshagoo@gmail.com> 9797290608 |
Karnataka
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Prashanth N S <prashanth.ns@gmail.com> 9449599566 Vaidehi Gunjal <vaigunjal@gmail.com> 9480585450 Shiva Shankar <shivanayak@gmail.com> 9886082546 Anto Christy <acsmichael@gmail.com> 9019699940 |
Deepa Mohan <mohandeepa@gmail.com> 9980010366 Hemanth Byatroy <hemanth.hiti@rocketmail.com> 9535721366 |
Kerala
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| P.O. Nameer <nameerpo@gmail.com> 9446573106 See district coordinators here |
P.O. Nameer <nameerpo@gmail.com> 9446573106 |
Madhya Pradesh
| GBBC | |
| David Raju <davidraju2007@gmail.com> 9446603590 |
Maharashtra
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Jayant Wadatkar <jayant.wadatkar@yahoo.co.in> 9822875773 Girish Jathar <girishjathar@gmail.com> 9404264084 Chinmay Rahane <chinsanity@gmail.com> 9881254078 Dharmaraj Patil <dharmarajraptor@gmail.com> 9881186399 |
Madhushri Mudke <madhushri06@gmail.com> 8879172871 |
Odisha
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Panchami Manoo Ukil <panchami14@gmail.com> 7894577490; 9439300000 Swetashree Purohit <swetashree.purohit@gmail.com> 9937765966 |
Swetashree Purohit <swetashree.purohit@gmail.com> 9937765966 |
Sikkim
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Usha Lachungpa <ushaglachungpa@gmail.com> 9434025273 |
Tamil Nadu
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Muthu Narayanan <narayanan.muthu@gmail.com> P. Jeganathan <jegan@ncf-india.org> 9487020110 |
Subramanian Sankar <subbush@gmail.com> 9840111606 Ganeshwar SV <enviroganeshwar@gmail.com> 9003359400 |
Telangana
| GBBC | Campus Bird Count |
| Humayun Taher <humayun.taher@gmail.com> 9885704100 Rajeev Khandelwal <rajeevpt@gmail.com> 9700325983 |
Harikrishnan S. <s.harikrishnan09@gmail.com> 7559090552 |
Uttarakhand
| GBBC | |
| Prashant Kumar <kumarprashant87@gmail.com> 9690049033 Raman Kumar <cyornis@gmail.com> 9412348345 |
Uttar Pradesh
| GBBC | |
| Able Lawrence <abledoc@gmail.com> 9984648333 Manan Singh Mahadev <manansmahadev@gmail.com> 7565091380 |
West Bengal
| GBBC | |
| Sagar Adhurya <sagaradhurya@gmail.com> 9474739327 |
TIPS & FAQs
Some tips to make your GBBC weekend crackle!
- Look for birds for at least 15 minutes, and upload the list, with counts, to eBird (ebird.org/india).
- You can repeat this as often as you like, from as many different locations as you like.
- Each list should be tied to a single location, so that birds from far apart aren’t combined into a single list. Travelling counts are ideally done within a distance of 5km from start to end. If you are travelling further, it’s good to start a new list.
- Lists can last for more than 15 minutes, and it’s also fine to do multiple short lists at a single location.
- The information you contribute is most useful if your lists are complete; that is if you specify all species that you were able to identify. Don’t be tempted to leave out common species like Feral Pigeon, House Crow or Common Myna! When at a wetland, don’t list only waterbirds. This link explains why.
- Your lists are even more valuable if you count individuals of each species, and not report them only as being present. Here is why.
- For those new to eBird, here is a beginner’s guide; and here is a list of some common confusions in species names. New users should please immediately change their settings to show names in “English (India)”.
- When birding in a group, use the eBird ‘share‘ feature to copy the lists to all members in the group.
- Please consider using this as an opportunity to introduce people to birding! They will get to have fun, and to see their first birdlist online! Tell us about your event (birdcountindia@gmail.com) so that we can add it to the listing of Events & Projects.
- If possible, do consider doing a talk on birds at a school or college, or a neighbourhood bird walk to introduce birds to new audiences. We have a freely downloadable presentation on “An Introduction to Birds and Birding” that you can use as a template (available at this page).
- If you are new to birds and birding, do consider finding and accompanying a more experienced birder. Perhaps you can join one of the events listed here.
- If you have questions, please ask in the comments below, or ask on our Facebook event page or Twitter (@birdcountindia). You could also contact one of the State coordinators listed above.
Happy Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count!