2,000 Consecutive eBird Checklist Days
On Wednesday I submitted another checklist to the eBird database for Island Beach State Park. This checklist marked the 2,000th consecutive day for which I submitted a checklist. The first checklist in this streak started back nearly five and one-half years ago on July 28, 2018. When I reached this milestone, it was no different than any other day that I entered a checklist. There were no popping balloons and confetti on my screen, like a birthday text message on an iPhone. There was no congratulatory message from the administrators at eBird or Cornell Lab. Actually, no one would even know how many consecutive days anyone else has since this statistic only appears on each person’s personal eBird account screen. If I recall correctly, my friend Larry experienced the same when he reached 10,000 checklists. Screen shot of my eBird home page. The stats, other than the Days of Checklist Streak , are for New Jersey checklists only. Of course, people like Larry and I do not bird