Kenyan birders James Apolloh Omenya and Simon Odhiambo located the Red Weaver, a species that hadn’t been documented since 2014. They collected the first known recordings of the species using the Merlin Bird ID app.
As AI becomes commonplace, what you see in a photograph may no longer represent reality. Learn about how this impacts eBird and what you can do to help.
Since the end of last year when video upload became available to all eBirders, videographers have made a tremendous number of contributions to the Macaulay Library’s video collection. Earlier this month we surpassed 500,000 videos in the archive!
In June 2026, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology welcomed 16 teenagers from around the world to Ithaca, New York for the 15th annual Young Birders Event. These stellar young birders spent four days learning about career paths in ornithology, attending hands-on workshops with staff and scientists and, of course, getting outside for lots of birding!
This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by ZEISS, encourages you to submit more checklists from one of the most interesting, but least-eBirded months of the year. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 31 or more eligible checklists in August.
We’ve partnered with the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy to offer a comprehensive course on one of the most fascinating bird families. In August, every eligible checklist that you submit in eBird gives you a chance to win free access to The Wonderful World of Woodpeckers.
Please join us in congratulating Lucas Ince of Minnesota, USA—winner of the June 2026 eBirder of the Month Challenge, sponsored by ZEISS. Lucas’s name was randomly selected from the 415 eBirders who submitted 10 or more eligible eBird checklists in June, each with at least one habitat photo with “Birds observed” filled in.
The July eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by ZEISS, will help you get to know the birds in one place—whether that’s your home, favorite park, or another location you visit frequently. The eBirder of the Month will be drawn from eBirders who submit 20 or more eligible checklists from one location in July. By […]
Explore your artistic style and train your eye as you create two bird paintings from start to finish. We’ve partnered with the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy to offer an exciting new educational resource in thanks for your eBirding.
Please join us in congratulating Margaret Beard of Grey, Ontario, Canada—winner of the May 2026 eBirder of the Month Challenge, sponsored by ZEISS. Margaret’s name was randomly selected from the 10,600 eBirders who submitted 5 or more eligible eBird checklists on Global Big Day—9 May 2026.