May is peak breeding season for birds across India. Or is it? Sadly breeding seasonality of our birds is poorly known. With Endemic Bird Day approaching, let's go out to see how many subcontinental endemics are around us. Many of these birds are resident and this...
The challenge in March was to bird often, and bird often with other birders! This month, we’d like to change things a bit and see what species we can all record over a period of a month at our favourite patches. As temperatures soar across several parts of the...
The challenge this month is to upload at least 30 checklists with a few shared between fellow birders.
Upload at least 20 eligible lists during GBBC (16-19 Feb), and another 20 eligible lists in the other twenty-four days of February
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 eBird Yearly Challenge.
The challenge this month is to contribute to the national effort towards the Asian Waterbird Census.
In December, we'll focus on both birding effort as well as media uploads.
The October eBirding challenge was simple - just bird a lot, aggregating to 15 hours for the entire month. Were you able to achieve the target? The winter migrants have settled across the country now and birders are being treated to the sights and sounds of birds...
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 primarily on the period March 2016 to May 2017, and is a summary of the winning report submitted to Bird...
This month, the challenge is to spend as much time listing as possible.
The challenge in August is to upload at least 5 checklists a week, including 2 from an existing hotspot where you have not birded before.
The challenge in June was to upload 30 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). Each year, a lull in birding activity is witnessed in July as the monsoon makes its...
