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 |