• The city was gridded and divided into 37, 3.3 km x 3.3 km, cells. Each cell is a sampling unit. The cells were then further sub-divided into nine 1.1 km x 1.1 km sub-cells. Three sub-cells were selected randomly from each cell and four, 15-minute long, complete bird lists were recorded in each. Birders from all walks of life, including biology students and wildlife researchers, participated.
  • Participants used Locus Free, an Android mobile application, to navigate. The birds seen and heard during the survey were entered using the eBird app under a dedicated eBird group account (username: kovaibirdatlas).
  • Of the 142 bird species recorded, the House Crow and the Common Myna were the most abundant, followed by the Rose-ringed parakeet, Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) and the Yellow-billed babbler. Some of the uncommon Species documented include Ashy Drongo, Citrine Wagtail, Common Redshank, Eurasian Kestrel , Gull billed Tern, Indian Grey Hornbill , Jungle Bush quail, River Tern, Short- toed Snake Eagle and the Slaty-breasted Rail.
  • Survey for the next season is scheduled for six days in June 2020.
  • The team has launched a logo exclusively for the project designed by Boopathy Srinivasan, who records in his blogpost that his interactions with birders of Tamil Nadu drew him towards nature conservation. He made several sketches before narrowing down to one that was shaped like the alphabet C which he designed to look like a bird.
  • To know more on the logo, visit https://bit.ly/2KwFDrX