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Great Backyard Bird Count 2023—join the birding fun!
The annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is Friday, February 17 through Monday, February 20. The GBBC was one of the first online projects to collect information on wild birds and was also instrumental in the creation of eBird back in 2002.
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Exotic Species Updates to Life Lists, Targets, Top 100, and More
Exotic species categories and icons now appear on eBird Life Lists, Targets, and the eBird Mobile app, and Escapee birds are counted separately in outputs. These updates align your personal lists with eBird's improved Exotic species policies and make it easier than ever to report and track the establishment of human-introduced species.
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Updated abundance and range maps for 2,068 species
Every year the eBird Status and Trends project updates the abundance visualizations and range maps with millions of new observations submitted by eBirders to provide the most up-to-date information on the status and trends of bird populations. This year, the team modeled relative abundance for 868 additional species—doubling the number of species with available abundance […]
December eBirder of the Month Challenge
This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, is all about capturing birding memories through photos and audio recordings. Each photo or audio recording you upload is an incredibly powerful piece of data.
Win a gift certificate to the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy
Want to brush up on some birding skills, or share the gift of birds with a friend? The Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy has learning tools for everyone.
November eBirder of the Month Challenge
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 November.
An Oregon 2020 Community Science Update
After counting birds at nearly 11,000 locations across Oregon using professional survey methods and adding more than 40,000 more counts from 1,100 eBirders, we are ready to analyze data from the Oregon 2020 Birds project. Surveys started in 2011.
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October Big Day—8 Oct 2022
Mark your calendars for October Big Day—8 October 2022! Big Days are a 24-hour opportunity to celebrate birds near and far.
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Important Changes to Exotic Species in eBird
We are ecstatic to announce that the way eBird displays human-introduced populations of birds is changing! Recent updates include— Exotic species are clearly labeled on checklists and explore pages.
Win a free spot in the Cornell Lab’s new connecting kids with nature course
The newest course from the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy will help you to encourage and inspire the kids in your life to connect with nature and birds. In July, every eligible checklist that you submit gives you a chance to win free access to the NEW Let’s Go Outside!
