Annual October Big Day by eBird

Posted by Bob Lefebvre

This Saturday, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology encourages people all over the world to go out and do some birding, and record their sightings on the eBird app. Like the Global Big Day each spring, this provides a one-day snapshot of world birding.

You can go birding anywhere, and enter as many eBird lists as you like. Here is a link to more information onthe eBird site.

Every month, eBird has a new challenge to select an eBirder of the month. The winner gets a new Zeiss product (usually top-end binoculars). This month the challenge is not month-long, but just about the Big Day. Just submit five complete eBird checklists that day, and you will be entered to win a Zeiss Thermal Imaging camera. Here are the contest rules and other information.

Remember to check the eBird site near the beginning of each month to see what you have to do to enter the contest that month.

I hope you can get out on Saturday and submit some lists!