This document discusses eBird and birding progress in Kasaragod, India. It introduces eBird and how to use it to identify and record bird sightings. It lists the top eBird users in Kasaragod in 2019 and past years. It discusses the importance of nocturnal birding and lists common nocturnal birds. It covers long term bird monitoring projects in Kasaragod, including diversity changes over time. It provides guidance on how citizens can participate in bird monitoring and collection of bird data through eBird.

3. Session 1
• Inauguration & Self Introduction

4. Session 2
• eBird & Progress of Birding in Kasaragod

5. Introduction to eBird
• What
• How
• Who

6. Can you identify these birds?

7. Comparison Pics

15. Now start with eBird

16. Progress of Birding Kasaragod

17. 2019 (Updated June 25, 2019)

18. https://ebird.org/region/IN-KL-
KS?yr=all&m=&rank=mrec&sortBy=cl

19. Current year
• https://ebird.org/region/IN-KL-KS?yr=cur&changeDate=Set

20. eBirders of Kasaragod 2019 (June)
• 1. Raju Kidoor
• 2. Sreehari K Mohan
• 3. Maxim Rodrigues K
• 4. Shyamkumar Puravankara
• 5. Pradeep Chandran AJ
• 6. Rphan Rai
• 7. Sanuraj TK
• 8. Anitta C
• 9. Prashantha Krishna MC
• 10. Jayakrishnan U
• 11. Pradeep Kidoor
• 12. Pranav Karle
• 13. Prasanth S
• 14. Sampath Shanthipalla

21. Birders who were active earlier
• 1. Harith C
• 2. Charutha K
• 3. Anjitha R
• 4. Govindan Kallingoth
• 5. Murali Madhava PS.
• 6. Sharath Mundol
• 7. Arjun Kodoth
• 8. Ananthapura Shrigiri
• 9. Kamalakshan Kakkol
• 10. Stalinjose Jose
• 11. Santhosh Kumar ?
• 12. Ramesh Kumar MP

22. Importance of Nocturnal Birding
• Nocturnal Bird Survey?
• Observe….

23. List of Nocturnal Birds
• Sri Lanka Frogmouth
• Grey Nightjar
• Jerdon’s Nightjar
• Indian Nightjar
• Savanna Nightjar
• Common Barn Owl
• Brown Hawk Owl
• Jungle Owlet
• Spotted Owlet
• Collared Scops Owl
• Mottled Wood Owl
• Brown Wood Owl
• Brown Fish Owl

24. Session 3
• Long Term Bird Monitoring in Kasaragod

25. Diversity Whats next ?
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26. Long Term Bird Monotoring In Kasaragod
• http://www.slideshare.net/MaximRodrigues/long-term-bird-
monitoring-kasaragod-2018-aug-to-2019-jun?from_m_app=android

27. Advanced methods why ?
• @ Sanuraj TK

28. Our contributions to GBBC, CBC, AWC, OBC,
WILD BIRD DAY

31. Submissions

32. Birding and Hardships of Kasaragod Birders
• Discussion session
• Problems
• Why we lack in data
• Validity/ outputs of various workshops

33. Birding Gaps and Citizen Science

34. Citizen Science
• Community Science, Crowd Science, Volunteer Monitoring, Online C.S
• Public partocipation
• Scientific Research conducted whole or part by Amateurs (non
professionals)
• Scientist- Someone who conductsscientific research to advance
knowledge in an area of interest
• Outcomes are advancement in scientific research increase in public’s
understanding of science
• Oxford English dictionary- June 2014
• It has genuine science outcome

35. How you can be a Citizen Scientist

36. Role of Citizen Scientist in collection of Bird
data
• Bird Atlas of Kasaragod

37. Diversity Whats next ?
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38. Importance of writing articles

39. Bibliography
• http://www.southasiaornith.in/records/search?type=&field%5B0%5D
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40. Bird Monitoring
• Find answers to these questions
1. What are our common Birds
2. Are they doing well?
3. What habitats are good & what habitats are bad?
4. Are their number changing across years?
5. Why are their number changing?
6. Are there relationship between two species?
7. Need special attention to any species/ groups
8. Involve Public ?

41. How
• Need more coordinators
• Invite interested new birders to participate via training

42. Pre-survey Planning
1. Publish methodology
2. Media Publicity
3. Prepare centralised training materials on
• eBird Introduction
• Bird identification
4. Workshops

43. Survey Methodology
• Know the Birds
• Create eBird account
• Watch Birds around your home/ workplace
• List out species & their numbers
• Each list strictly 15 min duration
• Submit by selecting location
• At least one list/ day

44. How to add photo / audio to Checklist
• Open Checklist in broweser (website) {no option available in app}
• Every photo/ audio automatically archieved on the macaulay library,
the world’s premier scientific archieve of natural history of audio,
video & photos
• Make sure to add a rating (1 to 5) stars indicating how clear the bird’s
photo or audio
• Adding photo/ sound is the best way to document anything rare/
unusual sightings.
• Do not upload a species P/A from some other location, date,
individuals)

45. Count the Birds
• eBird counting articles will help you more about this
• Count X
• better to have an estimate than an X which could be 1 or 1 lakh
• Count 1 always means one & exactly 1
• Please do not use 1 to indicate X
• Some High count may be noteworthy and require comments

46. What to add in comments as notes?
• How you identified the birds & how you arrived at the count.
• Eg: Counted by 10’s or counted individually as they flew overhead
• Estimating flock number is more valuable than Just X
• Estimation must be closest

47. Offline Checklist
• Use for GPS to get coordinates
• Choose recent bird list as the template
• Once you get back to internet just choose location on map.

48. Merlin Bird ID

49. Unsure about something you see
• Pipits, Larks, Gulls, Terns, Accipiter,duck
• Spuhs : Hawk sp, eagle sp, tern sp, pipit sp, duck sp, wagtail sp,
leafbird sp, Plover sp, jacana sp, Lapwing sp
• Slashes : Common/ Jungle Myna, Chestnut-tailed Starling/Malabar
Starling, Red-vented/Red-whiskered Bulbul, Black/Ashy Drongo,
Greater/Common Flameback, Great/Intermediate Egret, Little/Indian
Cormorant

50. Sharing of Checklist
• Group Birding (> 1 Birder)
• Only one Checklist (unique checklist)
• Others we must have shared Checklist

51. Are you reporting all species?
• Complete list?
• When possible always kep “complete Checklist”
• Every eBird checklist you’ll answer this simple question
• Answer is very important
• If answer is Yes, it does not mean that you’re detecting every bird that was
present at the place you were birding- that’s pretty much impossible
• All it means is that you are reporting all species you were able to identify by call/
sight to the best of your ability.
• Do not miss any common species unknowingly or intentionally (House Sparrow,
House Crow) then that is an incomplete Checklist.
• Checklist become more powerful when you mark Yes
• Data are used by researchers, citizen scientists

52. How to count Birds by Sound/ Call

53. Travelling
• Choose when you travelled a specific distance – walking trail, driving,
boating
• eBird app automatically does this job, need to on mobile GPS
• If youbgo out & back on the same trail, the distance reported should
be your unique distance 5km (3 mi) for a 5km trail, not 10km (6mi)

54. Stationary
• Stayed at fixed location
• Count from kitchen window or some other single view point
• Total travel was <30 mtr (100 ft) in any one direction
• When eBird mobile tracking is on it will auto set your observation
type

55. Historical
• Birding was the primary purpose
• But not recorded or count estimate either start time, duration,
distance
• Use travelling or stationary count if you can estimate these
• It could be from pre-eBird days not used for current or future lists.

56. Incomplete
• Not able to give enough attention to complete a complete checklist
because of insufficient time or other distractions.
• Driving, hanging out with friends but not really birding
• Incidental list add useful information
• But if younhave the time please continue the list and end with 5 to 10
or 15 minutes, so that try to find more species and can be marked as
complete checklist + travelling or stationary.

57. Bird distribution data

58. Common mistakes Bird Species

59. Future Plans & Announcements

60. Acknowledgement
• Social Forestry Division Kasaragod
• ACF Shri. P. BIJU
• Kasaragod Birders
• Raju Kidoor
• Particpants,
• Volunteers
• Murali Madhava Pelthaje for the poster, Anjitha for the help.