Please join us in congratulating Shea Tiller of Charlottesville, Virginia, winner of the April 2018 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. Shea's name was drawn randomly from the 2,543 eBirders who submitted at least 15 eligible checklists in April that had eBird Mobile ‘tracks’ shorter than 8km (5mi).
Do you want to understand more about bird behavior, and learn how to get an insider’s perspective on the lives of birds? 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 June, every eligible checklist that you submit gives you a chance to get free access to the Cornell Lab's Think Like a Bird: Understanding Bird Behavior course.
This month’s eBirder of the month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, gives you a chance to improve our knowledge of breeding birds across the world. The eBirder of the month will be drawn from eBirders who submit at least 15 eligible checklists containing at least one breeding behavior code during June.
Right now we have 4 open positions on the broader eBird, Macaulay Library, and Information Science teams at the Cornell Lab. Whether you have technical expertise, or are more on the birding/project management/marketing side of things, we have something for you!
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.
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.
Do you enjoy shorebirds, but could use some tips and tricks for identification? In May, every eligible checklist that you submit gives you a chance to get free access to Be a Better Birder: Shorebird Identification Archived Live Series.
This May’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, is all about birding on Global Big Day! Only one week left until 5 May, Global Big Day: submit 3 or more eligible checklists for your chance at free binoculars.
eBird and the Macaulay Library have a fun new tool: the eBird photo + sound quiz. Warning: your spare time may never be the same.
Please join us in congratulating Seth Inman of Dunwoody, Georgia (left in above pic), winner of the March 2018 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. Seth’s name was drawn randomly from the 3,902 eBirders who submitted at least 15 eligible checklists in March with at least one rated photo or sound.