• Brandt's Cormorant ML445067491
    By Team eBird July 31, 2023

    The eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, will help you find and share more birds by harnessing the power of your mobile device. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 30 eligible checklists with eBird Mobile in August.

  • Peruvian Racket-tail ML437993621
    By Team eBird July 31, 2023

    With their flashy feathers and aerial acrobatics, hummingbirds never fail to impress. The latest course from the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy goes inside the lives of hummingbirds to deliver a fun, science-infused look at these “flying jewels.” Every eligible checklist that you submit in August gives you a chance to win free access to The […]

  • By Team eBird July 25, 2023

    Please join us in congratulating Jukka Jantunen of the Yukon Territory, Canada—winner of the June 2023 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. Jukka’s name was drawn randomly from the 3,070 eBirders who submitted at least 20 eligible checklists with species comments in June.

  • By Team eBird July 6, 2023

    Announcing an exciting update to the eBird Mobile app! Now you can use eBird Mobile to explore all of your previously submitted eBird checklists—including checklists submitted from other devices and the eBird website, as well as checklists that are shared with you.

  • Eared Grebe ML397134031
    By Team eBird June 30, 2023

    This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, encourages you to submit more checklists from one of the least-eBirded months of year. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 31 or more eligible checklists in July.

  • By Team eBird June 27, 2023

    Please join us in congratulating Simon Binzegger of Waikato, New Zealand—winner of the May 2023 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. Simon’s name was drawn randomly from the 8,891 eBirders who submitted at least 5 eligible checklists on Global Big Day.

  • Olrog's Gull ML459718821
    By Team eBird May 31, 2023

    This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, can help you create lasting memories through written notes. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 20 or more eligible checklists in June containing at least one species with observation comments.

  • Yellow-headed Blackbird ML247911251
    By Team eBird May 31, 2023

    The team of veteran sound recordists at the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology brings their expertise to this engaging sound recording course. In June, every eligible checklist you submit gives you a chance to win free access to Bird Academy’s How to Record Bird Sounds.

  • By Team eBird May 26, 2023

    Please join us in congratulating Réal Boulet of Saint-Luc, Quebec—winner of the April 2023 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. Réal’s name was drawn randomly from the 3,975 eBirders who submitted at least 20 eligible checklists from a single location in April.