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Mark your calendars for October Big Day—14 Oct 2023! Like Global Big Day, October Big Day is an opportunity to unite around our shared love of birds.

Please join us in congratulating Joan Grant of Colorado Springs, CO—winner of the August 2023 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. Joan’s name was drawn randomly from the 6,341 eBirders who submitted at least 30 eligible checklists with eBird Mobile in August.

In June 2023, two eBirders embarked on an adventure to document the Kangean Tit-Babbler, an enigmatic bird found only on the Kangean Archipelago. In addition to valuable baseline data, they successfully collected the first-ever photos and recordings of this species in the Macaulay Library.

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 20 or more eligible checklists in September each containing at least one rated sound recording.

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.

Please join us in congratulating Sean Sparrow of Costa Rica—winner of the July 2023 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. Sean’s name was drawn randomly from the 7,664 eBirders who submitted at least 31 eligible checklists in July.

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology invites applications for our Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowships.

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.

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 […]

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.