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Tim Graves

@ibirdsometimes.bsky.social

I didn’t get to do nearly as much birding last year as I usually do, but I did get 25 lifers, which was pretty sweet. #eBirdRecounted2025 🪶

A screenshot of an email showing that I submitted 166 checklists, saw 336 species, got 25 lifers and counted 27,843 birds.

January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM

Birder K

@birderk.bsky.social

Other #eBirdRecounted2025 stats. I counted 55,700 birds. My top counted species was European Starling with 3,924 individuals across all checklists, while my most frequent species was Northern Cardinal, appearing on 384 of the 657 lists I submitted.
#birds #birding

Photo of a single European Starling perched on a branch, shining in the sunlight.

January 16, 2026 at 11:07 PM

Alex Sauerbrunn

@birdsbyalex.bsky.social

eBird Wrapped just dropped! Apparently I birded like a Clicking Shrike-Babbler. How did you bird this year? #eBirdRecounted2025 #birds

A screenshot with text that reads: “In 2025, you birded like a Clicking Shrike-Babbler.” A bird with red, yellow and white plumage is shown below.

January 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM

Michele

@1lmichele.bsky.social

Why does my #eBirdRecounted2025 make me a little weepy? Maybe because I met my personal goal of birding more in 2025, to Be A Better Birder? To be able to enjoy my personal birdwalks more, because I could ID more birds by sight and sound. I spent 444.5 hrs ebirding and walked 283.6 miles!

Screengrab of my 2025 ebird recounted summary. I birded like a Greater Painted Snipe with picture of that bird and addtl text.

January 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM

Birder K

@birderk.bsky.social

Oooh #eBirdRecounted2025 is out! Circumstances kept me pretty homebound last year, so I birded like a Marvelous Spatulatal! #eBird #birds #birding

Screenshot from my eBird recounted. In 2025, I birded like a Marvelous Spatulatail which is a type of hummingbird.

Text reads: You know certain places like the back of your hand. Like the endemic hummingbird Marvelous Spatuletail, you have a special place you like to spend your time. Your consistency in visiting a patch is helping build new features in eBird like hotspot media. Your eBirding is filled with new adventures, in familiar places.

January 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM

Arto Maatta

@artom.bsky.social

Got my #eBirdRecounted2025 stats today. Apparently, I birded like a Greater Painted-Snipe 😅, which is nice, I suppose. (seriously speaking, eBird has an excellent way of engaging with their #CitizenScience birders) 🪶