A new year, a new beginning, and a refreshed commitment to birds and birding! Birding activity in the winter, and especially in January and February, tends to be higher than at any other time in the year; so before announcing the results of the monthly challenge,...
At the close of the year, how have birders risen to the last monthly challenge of 2016? As with the past two months, we continued with both the regular monthly challenge and also the new gap-filling challenge. Before announcing the results, let's look at the...
This November saw the launch of an additional challenge -- the gap-filling challenge, to supplement the regular monthly challenge. We intend for the gap-filling challenge to be a regular feature from now on. Before announcing the results, let's look at the break-up...
Have you taken a look at What's on in November? Do take a few minutes for that before reading on! Now on to the challenge. When we set the challenge for October (15 hours of birding in the month), we thought that there would be a handful of people who met the...
Our apologies for being a day late with announcing the September eBirders of the month -- we've been caught up in the excitement of launching the Patch Birding Challenge and the eBird-India Data Challenge -- do take a look if you haven't already! While you are...
As the winter approaches, passage and winter migrants are coming our way (see What's on in September). In concert with this, birding activity across the country is ramping up, and this is apparent from the break-up of eBirding in India in August (with previous...
Although we are still in the 'off season' (measured by birding activity), July usually has a little more eBirding than June, and this year was no different. Here is a break-up of eBirding in India in July (with previous month in brackets). Number of birders: 717...
June is normally another month where birding activity is relatively low. Still, several hundred people birded (and eBirded) through the month. Here is a break-up of eBirding in India in June (with previous month in brackets). Number of birders: 621 (678) Number of...
May saw more birding activity than is usual in this hot time of the year. The Endemic Bird Day and associated events contributed to this, but birders have also been active during other parts of the month. Here is a break-up of eBirding in India in May (with...
April is a hot month in most parts of India, and this April has been considerably hotter than previous years. A good month to stay put and look for birds in your own patch! The challenge for April was to do some consistent birding -- from the same place, following...
March is a month of considerable change in bird populations across much of India, as migrants begin returning to their summer homes in the north, and resident birds become more and more vocal to mark the breeding season. To encourage the documentation of changes in...
February is an exciting month. For four days in the middle of February, people from across the world go looking for birds as part of the Great Backyard Bird Count; and Indian birdwatchers are as enthusiastic as those in any other country. To mark the GBBC, the...
