Since late summer, I have been contributing lists of my bird sightings to eBird. In December, one of my lists became the one millionth checklist submitted to eBird.
The one millionth checklist was one I submitted for a recent trip to Liberty State Park. Shortly after the submission, I received a notification from eBird that my name would be featured in a press release and that they would send me a pair of Zeiss binoculars as a gift to commemorate the occasion. The news came as a real surprise. I had no idea that eBird was planning a prize for the one millionth checklist, or that the one million-checklist milestone was even approaching.
The press release is now online.
Here is the millionth checklist.
Location: | Liberty State Park |
Observation date: | 12/15/07 |
Notes: | 30degF; 20mph wind |
Number of species: | 34 |
Brant | 400 |
Canada Goose | 150 |
Mute Swan | 1 |
Gadwall | 100 |
American Wigeon | 3 |
American Black Duck | 30 |
Mallard | 6 |
Ring-necked Duck | 1 |
Greater Scaup | 170 |
Bufflehead | 10 |
Red-breasted Merganser | 3 |
Ruddy Duck | 60 |
Horned Grebe | 5 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 8 |
Great Blue Heron | 1 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | 1 |
Northern Harrier | 1 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 1 |
Killdeer | 3 |
Ring-billed Gull | 180 |
Herring Gull | 40 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 3 |
Rock Pigeon | 100 |
Mourning Dove | 1 |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
Horned Lark | 3 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 |
Northern Mockingbird | 3 |
European Starling | 40 |
American Tree Sparrow | 3 |
Song Sparrow | 2 |
Snow Bunting | 60 |
American Goldfinch | 4 |
House Sparrow | 20 |