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Global Big Day 2021 reaches new heights
On Saturday, 8 May more than 51,000 people spanning 192 countries celebrated the birds around them for Global Big Day. Together, the global birding community accomplished FOUR world records!
eBird passes 1 billion bird observations
Over the past 19 years, eBird has grown into a global community collaboration. We’re excited to announce another incredible milestone from you, the eBird community—1 BILLION bird observations!
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Destiny Greig, April eBirder of the Month
Please join us in congratulating Destiny Greig of Vancouver, BC – winner of the April 2021 eBird Challenge, sponsored by Carl Zeiss Sports Optics. Destiny’s name was drawn randomly from the 3,777 eBirders who submitted at least 20 eligible checklists from a single location in April.
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Global Big Day—8 May 2021
Be a part of birding’s biggest team! Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you.
New and updated alternate common names available
Whether you know Ardea alba as Great Egret, Agró blanc, Velika bijela čaplja, or Sølvhejre, your eBird experience can display bird names in your preferred language. With 7 new options, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology now offers bird common names in 84 languages and regional dialects – including 14 variations of Spanish, six for French, […]
Mystery of similar-sounding warblers unraveled with help of eBird Status and Trends
As spring arrives in the Northern Hemisphere, many birds make long-distance journeys, some traveling tens of thousands of miles between their wintering and breeding grounds. What’s more impressive—many of these journeys occur entirely at night.
Great Backyard Bird Count 2021—share your love of birds!
The 24th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is coming soon. Be on the lookout for birds around you February 12-15 (Friday through Monday) and share your love of birds with the world.
eBird Canada 2020 Year in Review
What a year. COVID of course was the dominating news of 2020, and it had an impact on birders and how they used eBird.
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Updated options to explore and manage your locations
If you enjoy searching and filtering your checklists with the redesigned My Checklists, you’ll love the updates to My Locations. Check it out at https://ebird.org/mylocations!
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New look at movements and distribution patterns of 807 bird species across the globe
The mesmerizing visualizations brought to you by the eBird Science team with the help of more than 300,000 eBirders around the world offer a bird’s-eye view of avian movements. One could easily get lost in watching warblers and flycatchers migrate across continents—it’s an experience like no other.
