Birds have the power to inspire and unite. Every Global Big Day recognizes our connection to birds, nature, and each other.
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This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, focuses on the importance of counting birds. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 30 complete checklists during September that include counts for every species reported.
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This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, can help you get more out of your birding. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 20 or more eligible checklists in August containing at least one species with observation comments.
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Christmas Bird Count (CBC) season is upon us again! This is a great time to join others and cooperate in a massive effort across the Western Hemisphere to take a snapshot of bird occurrence around the holidays.
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Global Big Day 2018 set a new world record for birding, reporting 2/3rds of the world's birds in one day: more species on 5 May than any person has ever seen in an entire year. Colombia alone noted 15% of the world's avian diversity in 24 hours.
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Are you birding today for Global Big Day?! Just an hour or even 10 minutes out birding on 5 May can make you a part of birding's next world record.
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Want a fun new birding game? If you'll be in the southwestern US at any point between February 1-June 15, 2018, check out Desert Avicaching.
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eBird's annual update to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) added more than 85 million records, bringing the total number of records available across GBIF to the cusp of one billion records. eBird is the largest dataset in GBIF, and the world’s largest biodiversity-related citizen science project.
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In 2017, eBird received more than 4.75 million complete checklists from your birding efforts. eBird thrives on the enthusiasm and engagement of tens of thousands of loyal participants worldwide who reliably enter their birding forays in eBird.
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This month closes out eBird's 15th year. In just a decade-and-a-half, your contributions have made eBird one of the largest community-driven biodiversity projects in the world.
