September Challenge 2024

🐦 Log 30 species

📍 Anywhere

Take on this month's challenge to identify 30 bird species. Whether you're exploring the wild outdoors, local parks, or your own backyard, log your sightings in the app and connect with a community of fellow bird enthusiasts. Let the birding adventure begin!

This month's bird is the Grey Phalarope, also known as the Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius). It is a remarkable bird with reversed gender roles, where females are more colorful and lead courtship. These birds are strong fliers, migrating long distances from their Arctic breeding grounds to the open ocean, where they live pelagically during the non-breeding season. Their plumage changes from striking red in the breeding season to grey and white in winter, reflecting their dual names.

This challenge is for anyone with a Birda account. This challenge is for tickable species only. You can read more about tickable species here.

This challenge starts and ends based on the GMT time zone. All individual species logged globally will count towards this challenge and will be included in any leaderboard placement. All sightings must be logged before midnight on the day the challenge ends.

Be honest with yourself and other birders, but above all, respectful of them and any other outdoor users, everywhere – especially online. If you didn’t see it (or hear it), please don’t put it on Birda.