November is upon us and with a new month, comes a new eBirding challenge. The challenge for October was to spend an aggregate of at least 15 hours birding through the month. As winter spreads its wings across the country, so do many migrants. The birding season is...
With September and its monthly challenge coming to an end, it is time to announce the challenge for October. Migrants are streaming through various parts of the country and October marks the start of the wintering season in most places. This means more birders are...
The eBird database for India is now very large, and is growing rapidly. But what can be done with this information? Are you interested in helping generate new ideas, patterns and results from the observations the database contains? If so, read on, or click on a...
Following on from the series of articles from Bird Count India about Patch Birding, we are pleased to announce details of the exciting Bird Count India Patch Birding Challenge. Simply register to take part below and write a patch report, based on the ideas...
While we wait to find out who meets the August Monthly Challenge target, it's time to announce the challenge for September. September is an exciting period and as the migrants continue to fly in, a lot of changes take place with our birdlife during this time. To...
July’s monthly challenge was all about sharing the joy of birding with fellow birders and friends. But now, resident birds should be about to finish nesting, the so-called 'lean' birding period is slowly coming to an end, and signs of returning migrants are already...
The challenge in June was to upload 20 no-X, complete checklists of at least 15-minute duration of which at least three lists must document a brood-parasitic cuckoo (seen or heard). July may not be the most exciting month of the year for many birders - but birding...
The challenge in May was to upload 20 no-X, complete, minimum 15-minute checklists with the winner being someone (chosen at random) who’s uploaded at least one list containing rich media. June welcomes the annual monsoon, often associated with the arrival of the...
The challenge in April was to upload 15 no-X, complete and stationary 15 minute checklists from the same location over 15 different days. This month, we are really excited about eBird’s new media search tool! To add to the growing database of photos and audio on...
The challenge in March was to revisit winter locations and see what changes have occurred over a period of a couple of months. This month, we’d like to change things a bit and see what species you can record over a period of a month at your favourite patch. As...
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 eBird Yearly Challenge. Challenge Winner Prize No. Qualifiers Prolific T R Shankar Raman Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature Nick Davies 57 Abhijith Surendran, Abhirami C, Anish Aravind, Aparajita Datta, Arya Vinod, Aswathy...
While we are all busy finishing up uploading our waterbird counts for the January challenge, the exciting month of February is upon us! As you know, every February brings the Great (Global) Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), a worldwide birding event in which tens of...
