July eBirding Challenge

[BirdCount India]

Dear friends,

We hope you have been taking part in the monthly eBirding challenges The July challenge has just been announced -- do give it a shot, and encourage your friends to do so too!
http://www.birdcount.in/july-2014-ebirding-challenge-10-hours-for-birds/

(For those on Facebook, the link to the post is here.)

A big WELL DONE to the eBirders of the Month for May:
http://www.birdcount.in/may-ebirders-of-the-month/

Results for June will be out on the 6th of July.

The purpose of these challenges is to encourage birders to keep track of their own sightings while at the same time help document India's birds.

The challenges are run as part of a large consortium of organisations and groups, whose goal is to document the distribution and abundance of Indian birds on a common and open platform.

Until now, nearly 400,000 observations of Indian birds have been contributed to the eBird platform, and between 20,000 and 30,000 new observations are being uploaded very month.

Anyone can explore this information by viewing summaries for India, examine maps for different species, investigate seasonality, and much more.

All the best for the July Challenge!

The Bird Count India consortium

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[BirdCount India]

Apologies: the correct link to the July challenge is here:
http://www.birdcount.in/july-2014-ebirding-challenge-10-hours-for-birds/