More than 18,000 eBirders from 164 countries and territories joined together on 19 October to go birding on the second October Big Day. The global count of 6,497 species broke last year’s total of 6,360 species, setting a new October Big Day record! And for the seventh Big Day in a row, eBirders around the world recorded more than half of the world’s bird species in a single day! eBirders also added 41,300 photographs of 2,345 species and 857 audio recordings of 309 species to their checklists, providing excellent documentation and memories for an epic day. Wow! It’s a wonderful feeling to wat ..read more

All of eBird will be unavailable on October 23 between 03:45-06:00 ET (07:45-10:00 GMT), due to regularly scheduled server and database maintenance. We have to do this periodically to keep everything up to date and offer the best user experience possible. During this time you can continue to use eBird Mobile to record your sightings, but only with offline functionality for later submission. We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. Thank you for your understanding ..read more