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  • April eBirder of the Month Challenge

    7 Apr 2024 By Team eBird

    This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by ZEISS, will help you get to know the birds in one location. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 20 or more eligible checklists from one location in April. By birding the same place repeatedly, you’ll gain insight into the comings and goings of birds […]

eBirding This Event Global Big Day--14 May 2022

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556 Species 2355 Checklists eBirders

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Native and Naturalized (5)

  1. Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ian Hutton
    Location: Blinky Point Lord Howe IslandNew South Wales
  2. Australian Masked-Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tim Bawden
    Location: 335 Pirates Bay Drive, Eaglehawk Neck AU-TAS -43.00705, 147.93204 TasmanTasmania
  3. Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Tim Bawden
    Location: 335 Pirates Bay Drive, Eaglehawk Neck AU-TAS -43.00705, 147.93204 TasmanTasmania
  4. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
    # Count: 200
    Date:
    Observer: Randall Stocker
    Location: Penguin Parade Bass CoastVictoria
  5. Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Edward Bell
    Location: Cairns Botanical Gardens and Centenary Lakes CairnsQueensland
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Global Big Day--14 May 2022
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Checklist Leaders

  • 1.
    Edward Bell
    26
  • 1.
    Colin Trainor
    26
  • 3.
    Sanne Boland
    25
  • 4.
    Stewart Ford
    22
  • 4.
    Richard and Margaret Alcorn
    22
  • 6.
    Rainer Rehwinkel
    21
  • 7.
    Nigel Jackett
    18
  • 8.
    Harn Sheng Khor
    17
  • 8.
    Magen Pettit
    17
  • 8.
    Peter Kyne
    17

Species Leaders

  • 1.
    Nigel Jackett
    139
  • 2.
    Harn Sheng Khor
    128
  • 3.
    Peter Kyne
    121
  • 3.
    Magen Pettit
    121
  • 5.
    Chris Barnes
    115
  • 6.
    Zebedee Muller
    114
  • 7.
    James Lambert
    110
  • 8.
    Edward Bell
    107
  • 8.
    Sanne Boland
    107
  • 10.
    James Bennett
    103
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