Documented by birders across areas of western North America, a Lazuli Bunting was photographed in Colorado by Jim Merritt. A standout among the thousands of photos submitted with checklists by birders was a Green Broadbill photographed by Saravanan Krishnamurthy in Singapore.

Most of the tens of thousands of birders who participated in the Global Bird Day have already reported the sightings they made last Saturday, May 13th. We are providing a preliminary account of what birders from around the world have documented, and direct you to the Global Bird Day website to see how the counts have progressed and continue to accrue. As we publish this issue late Tuesday, totals showed that a record number of 58,308 birders participating in 196 countries found 7,620 species of birds – so far!

Although these are preliminary results, American birders have reported an impressive 735 different species, while Canadian birders documented 397 species to the north. Birders in nations in the American tropics lead the way, with Colombia reporting 1,521 species, Peru with 1,440, followed by Brazil with 1,199 species and little Ecuador with 1,073. Positioned 5th on Tuesday was India with 818 species, while the United States was 7th with 740 species of birds. However, those numbers are bound to change, along with the positioning of some countries, which is one of the things that makes it interesting to check in on the totals periodically at Global Big Day - eBird

Information provided by birders during the Global Bird Day provides important data about the progress of migration during a peak spring day worldwide that is most useful for birders, land planners, conservation professionals, and scientists in many fields.

Another interesting opportunity is to take a look at the variety of photographs birders took during their Global Bird Day activities, which you can review at Media Search - Macaulay Library and eBird