In the closing month of the year, the challenge was to do a last sprint and upload as many birdlists as you could; and to document the sightings, where possible, with photos, sound recordings and video. What transpired? Here is a break-up of eBirding in India in...
It's time for new beginnings, and we celebrate this with a new partnership over a long-standing project. The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) started back in 1987. For those of us who began birding in the 80s and 90s, the AWC was a reason to 'bird with a purpose'. So...
While many of us venture widely afield to do our birding in 'the season', we often also have our regular haunts. The challenge for November was to [a] look for birds consistently from the same location and [b] count birds seen, instead of entering Xs (only...
We are nearing the peak of the Indian birding season, and hope that all of you are out and about, watching birds, noting down what you see, and documenting them when possible with photos, sound recordings and video. To celebrate the winter months, the India...
The challenge for October was straightforward -- to upload lists for at least 25 days of the month. The last time we did this was in March 2015, when 19 birders met the target for the month. How many managed it this time? Overall, during October, the number of...
After a rather straightforward challenge for October, the November challenge requires attention to three points: at least 15 birdlists in the month, each of which should be an effort-based, complete list, of at least 15 min in duration all these lists must be from...
The challenge for September was to be part of at least three lists (on three different days), each shared among at least 8 birders. This was not a particularly easy challenge, but also not so hard for those birding regularly in groups. Some birders had already been...
Last month's eBirding challenge was about birding in groups, and a number of birding groups and communities stepped forward for the challenge. (Results will be declared on 11th Oct rather than the customary 6th of the month, to give groups more time to 'share'...
Compared with the challenge for July, the August challenge was fairly straightforward -- and a repetition of several earlier challenges: to upload at least 20 complete, effort-based lists during the month, each of a minimum duration of 15 minutes. So were expected...
[Note: deadline for sharing and accepting shared lists has been extended to 10th October. Please ensure that your shared lists are 'accepted' into the other accounts by that date. Of course, the actual birding for this challenge had to have taken place in the month...
The challenge for July was pretty tough -- document at least 20 hours of birding through the month with complete, effort-based lists of any duration. Many of us tried our best but didn't manage to clock up the targetted 20 hrs. So we thought that barely a handful...
There's no question that July's challenge was a tough one! Birding for 20 hours through the month, and in the 'off-season', is not a task for the faint of heart. Several of us pledged to meet the challenge, but soon fell behind and had to admit defeat. Now, while...
