Before moving on to the results for the monthly challenges, here is a brief glimpse of birding in July by-the-numbers (with the previous month in brackets).
No. of birders: 2,866 (3,235)
Number of observations: 3.5 lakh (4.4 lakh)
Number of lists (all types): 22, 020 (29,175)
Number of species: 891 (925)
Number of lists with media: 2,206 (2,597)
The challenge for July was to upload at least one list per day all through the month. A total of 77 birders met the target! (updated on 24-8-2023 at 14:40)
Abu Birder, Adil Ali, Ajay Sarvagnam, Am Amsa, Amrit Raha, Anish Bera, Anuranjan Singh Dhurwey, Ashika S, Ashok Agarwal, Bhamini Pande, Bharatendra Singh Parihar, Bijoy Venugopal, Birder Baba, Chai Eng Law, Darshan Chauhan, Dipankar Dev, Dr Mohammed Umer Sharieff, Elavarasan M, Francis D’Souza, Gaja Mohanraj, Hakimuddin F Saify, Harikrishnan C P, Harshith Jv, Isheta Divya , Janardhan Uppada, Jayadev Menon, Joe M Raja, Joshika Tanujakumar, Karthikeyan R, Ksheetij Pandey, Lakshmi Bharadwaj, Lakshmikant Neve, Lathika Anoth, Madhu Gupta, Madhur Upadhyay, Manash Pratim, Manju Sinha, Manjula Desai, Manoj Kumar Mk1, Mayank Namdeo, Mehala Kumar, Mohit Sahu, Moovendan Ramalingam, Munish Gowda, Nishand Venugopal, Padma Gyalpo, Panchapakesan Jeganathan, Parthasarathi Chakrabarti, Rahul Chetre, Rajubhai Patel, Ram Vikas, Ramesh Shenai, Renju Tr, Rofikul Islam, Sakthi Chinnakannu, Samir E, Sanjiv Khanna, Sarabjeet Kaur, Shashikiran Ganesh, Shilpa Gadgil, Shyamkumar Puravankara, Siva T, Sourav Mandal, Sreekumar Chirukandoth, Sreelal K Mohan, Sri P, Srinivas Mallela, Srushti Bokil, Subhadra Devi, Sushant Pawar, Tanuja Dasharath Haunsbhavi, Vasi, Vidhya Swaminathan, Vijaya Lakshmi, Vikrant Prabhulkar, Vivek Kumar Patel, Vivekananda K.
Congratulations to all these birders!
The above list does not include group accounts and those with no identifiable names.
From these 76 names, one was drawn using a computer-generated random number. This person is Joshika TanujaKumar who receives a T-shirt (Endemic Birds of India) as a small gift in appreciation.
Are you doing your best to match the target for Aug?
Also, see here for the fresh set of yearlong challenges for 2023!
Header Image: Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis by Manju Sinha/ Macaulay Library
