The eBird Global Big Day

By Rupi Mangat

Above: Grey crowned cranes in Lake Nakuru National Park. Copyright Rupi Mangat 

Published; The East African Nation media 23-29 May 2020

the big birding effort on May 9 2020

At the stroke of midnight on 9 May, more than 50,000 bird watchers from across the globe took to the outdoors for the next 24 hours to log in birds on their eBbird app https://ebird.org/globalbigday, birds that were seen or just heard by them. An extraordinary turnout given that much of the world was under some form of lockdown!

Long-crested eagle at Lake Nakuru. Copyright Rupi Mangat (800x600)
Long-crested eagle (logo of Nature Kenya) at Lake Nakuru. Copyright Rupi Mangat

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