The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is excited to host The Cornell Lab Young Birders Event, which will be held July 11-14, 2019 in Ithaca, New York. The Young Birders Event aims to bring together teenagers with a passion for birds and interested in pursing a career in the field.
Let 2019 be the year to step up your eBirding. If you have enjoyed tapping into eBird reports from others, contribute your own sightings in 2019.
In 2018, eBird received more than 6.5 million complete checklists from your birding efforts. Whether you’re seeing starlings or endangered species, eBird thrives on the enthusiasm and engagement of tens of thousands of dedicated participants worldwide who reliably enter their birding outings in eBird.
We’re excited to partner with the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy to offer a suite of exciting educational resources in thanks for your eBirding: in January, every eligible checklist that you submit gives you a chance to win free access to our Ornithology: Comprehensive Bird Biology Course. This is a ~$350 value with the included e-book, and we’ll have 5 copies to give away. […]
This January’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, will make sure that you know the basics of how eBird can best help you. In 2018 we developed a new and free eBird Essentials course that has the foundational information that we think every eBirder should know.
Sixteen years ago, we embarked on a grand experiment: using the web to connect birdwatchers around the world in a way that informs research and conservation. With every year that goes by, we’re humbled and awed by the passion and drive of the community that continues to power this experiment.
Please join us in congratulating Nicole Richardson of Brantford, Ontario, winner of the November 2018 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. Nicole’s name was drawn randomly from 2,504 eBirders who submitted at least 30 eligible eBird checklists using eBird Mobile in November.
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.
This month we are excited to announce a huge advance in the understanding of birds, only made possible using eBird data. The result of all this hard work is eBird Status and Trends—detailed population information for 107 species of North American birds, providing an unprecedented depth of information in four key areas...
This December's eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, highlights the value of splitting your day of birding into multiple lists. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 3 or more eligible checklists in a single day in December.