3,000+ Consecutive eBird Days
Last week I achieved a personal milestone with my eBird account. I reached 3,000 consecutive days of submitting a checklist. This achievement was met with the same fanfare and accolades as when I had reached 1,000 and 2,000 consecutive days- absolutely none. Of course I am not doing it for the acclaim. I’m out there daily for whatever reason so I might as well submit a list, even if it is just an incidental sighting. Each milestone though gives me a chance to reflect back on the streak and put it into some perspective. Plus it gives me some material to share here. The streak started 8.2 years ago, on July 27, 2018. Since then I have submitted 5,903 checklists and added 266 new birds to my life list. That averages out to 32 new birds per year. (Actually, 32.4 birds per year but I only count whole birds). Taking trips to new locales helps pad the average, like Costa Rica in 2019 where I picked up around 100 or so n...