Birdwatching
Amateur observation of birds
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| May 2024 | Migration Madness Birdathon competition held throughout May, where participants aim to spot as many bird species as possible during the month-long festival celebrating bird migration. |
| February 2024 | Peter Kaestner became the first birder to log over 10,000 bird species, with the achievement surrounded by controversy involving Jason Mann. |
| 2019 | eBird was integrated into the touch screen of the 2019 Subaru Ascent as part of the Starlink system, allowing bird observation data to be accessed directly from a vehicle's interface. |
| 2019 | Release of 'Birders', a short documentary film about birdwatching. |
| 2016 | Arjan Dwarshuis became the world-record holder for most species seen in one year, logging 6,852 bird species across 40 countries. |
| 2016 | Over 45 million Americans considered themselves birders, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
| 2015 | Noah Strycker recorded 6,042 bird species during the year, overtaking Davies and Miller's previous record. |
| 2014 | The organization changed its name from Sveriges ornitologiska förening (SOF) to BirdLife Sverige, marking a significant rebranding effort. |
| 2012 | Tom Gullick, an Englishman living in Spain, became the first birdwatcher to log over 9,000 species. |
| 2011 | Release of the film 'The Big Year', which portrays three birders competing in an American Birding Association Area big year competition. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles EBird, BirdLife Sverige & Birdwatching, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.