Bird Count at Puttenahalli Lake
Mr Gopinath Subbarao is coordinating the Bangalore Bird Count for Puttenahalli Lake.
Event details
16th Feb 2014 (Sunday)
7:00 a.m. onwards
7:00 a.m. onwards
Assemble at the Gazebo at Puttenahalli Lake
Bring the following if possible, but not compulsory
Bring the following if possible, but not compulsory
- A small notebook and pencil or pen
- A cap
- Camera or Binoculars or any other additional gadgets that you have and wish to carry with you during the spotting of birds.
Spot as many birds as possible and have a good time together for a good cause.
For more details and clarifications, please contact Gopinath
(9845030726 / subbaraogopinath@gmail.com)
About the Bird Counts
16th February is the day of the Bangalore Bird Count (BBC) 2014.
This is a synchronous bird-watch that covers all important birding sites in Bangalore, in an attempt to come up with an informally vetted list of birds seen around Bangalore on a single day.
According to the organisers of BBC Praveen and Prashanth (email ids below), the locations that will be monitored on Feb 16 by confirmed teams include:
Cubbon Park, Hoskote, Kaikondrahalli, Hebbal, Rampura-Kalkare, Nandi Hills, GKVK Campus, Madhure, Hesseraghatta, Hulimangala, Ramnagara, Shivanahalli, Jaipurdodi, Kanakapura, Savandurga, Yellamallappa Chetty, Bellandur, Muthanallur, Jakkur, IISc Campus, Anekal Area, Byramangala, Nelligudda, Valley School Area, Puttenahalli Lake.
BBC overlaps with two other pan-India events, the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) (Feb 14-17) and the Big Bird Day (BBD) (Feb 16). (Check the links for more info)
All these events will use eBird (ebird.org) as the platform for data entry and collation, and hence data sharing will be quite easy. So you can participate in one (the local event) and ensure you participate in all.
All the GBBC lists done from Bangalore on Feb 16 shall automatically be collected for BBC. All eBird lists from India made during those four days will be considered for GBBC - hence, it will also include the BBC submissions.
All the GBBC lists done from Bangalore on Feb 16 shall automatically be collected for BBC. All eBird lists from India made during those four days will be considered for GBBC - hence, it will also include the BBC submissions.
If you would like participate in BBD from Bangalore, just inform the organisers of BBC by email after the birding session - they will consider your BBC list in eBird as a submission towards BBD under your name. Hence, when you participate in BBC, this means you can participate in BBD also by a simple confirmation email sent offline.
Abhijith Rao has created a log entry for Puttakere at the ebird website, where all birders can enter the data of the birds that they've spotted at the lake.
To access the map: http://ebird.org/ebird/submit/map
"Puttenahalli Lake, Nataraja Layout, Arakere, Bangalore, Karnataka, India"
You'll see the BIRDING HOTSPOT icon floating over the lake, click on it
"Puttenhalli Lake (Puttakere)".
Once you've selected that and submitted the page, you'll be taken to the submissions page at this location - http://ebird.org/ebird/submit/effort?locID=L2583597.
Fill in the details of the birds you see and over time, this will form a great repository of data.
Go to these links to see how the data can be used -
eBird itself is created by © Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology. So all this data will be saved for some time to come.
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