This month, we’re celebrating October Big Day with a special eBirder of the Month Challenge sponsored by ZEISS! The challenge: submit five (5) or more eligible checklists on 12 October for a chance to be the eBirder of the Month and win a pair of ZEISS Conquest HDX Binoculars!
Owls are often perceived as creatures of mystique and wonder. We’re excited to partner with the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy to demystify the lives of owls, giving you a greater appreciation for these amazing birds. Every eligible checklist that you submit in October gives you a chance to win free access to Bird Academy’s Wonderful World of Owls. Ten lucky eBirders […]
The 2024 eBird Taxonomy Update will begin on 22 October. Big changes are already underway to Herring Gulls, House Wrens, and more as we prepare the eBird database for this year's revisions.
Your eBirding data helps create tools that can be used to further conservation, inspire support, and inform ecological management strategies. eBird in Action is a segment which shares the conservation stories made possible because of your contributions.
Please join us in congratulating Miles Brengle, of Ipswich, Massachusetts—winner of the August 2024 eBirder of the Month Challenge, sponsored by ZEISS. Miles’s name was drawn randomly from the 77,790 eBirders who submitted 3 or more eligible checklists in a single day in August.
October is right around the corner, and that means its time to mark your calendars for October Big Day—12 Oct 2024! Like Global Big Day, October Big Day is an opportunity to unite around our shared love of birds.
In recent years and months, eBird has expanded its support for bird names in multiple languages, making it more accessible for users around the globe. Whether you know Pandion haliaetus as Osprey, Águila pescadora, inkwazana, or 鹗, your eBird experience can display bird names in your preferred language.
How many times have you viewed a hawk from afar and wondered what it was? In September, every eligible checklist you submit gives you a chance to win free access to the Be a Better Birder: Hawk and Raptor Identification Course.
The eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by ZEISS, 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 20 or more eligible checklists in September each containing at least one rated sound recording. Checklists must be for observations made this month; not historical […]
Your eBirding data helps create tools that can be used to further conservation, inspire support, and inform ecological management strategies. eBird in Action is a segment which shares the conservation stories made possible because of your contributions.
