Introduction slides of Kerala Bird Monitoring Meet 2023

1. Kerala Bird Monitoring Meet
11 June 2023

2. Sessions Time Topics & Owners Duration
Session 1 09:00-
11:00
Welcome, Introductions, Agenda Review Praveen J 15
Bird Monitoring - Why/How we do it? Praveen J 15
State of India's Birds 2 - Trends Praveen J 30
Gaps in bird distribution in Kerala Maxim 30
Redlist for Kerala Annie Feby & Jayadev Menon 30
11:00-11:15 Group photo & tea break 15
Session 2
(Parallel
Sessions)
11:15-
12:45
Beach Monitoring Dilip K G 25
Heronry Monitoring Roshnath & Polycarp 25
Ramsar Wetland Monitoring Niranjana & Chandru 25
Raptor Monitoring Mujeeb 15
12:45-13:45 Lunch 75
Session 3 13:45-
15:45
Forest Bird Surveys Prem, Praveen V & Arun C G 45
Skyisland Monitoring Rathish, Vishnudas & Nesrudheen 25
Pelagic Survey Challenges Satyan & Anish Sasidevan 25
Big Birding Events: 2014-2022 (Online) Sreekumar ER & Syamili 25
15:45-16:00 Tea 15
Session 4 16:00-
17:00
New monitoring programs Kausthubh & Harish 30
Action Point Compilation Praveen J 20
Vote of Thanks Nameer 10

5. Action Owner Status
Create a special interest group for redlist. Praveen J Done
Heronry: Dive deep and publish the results
of how heronries respond to destruction of
nesting trees.
Roshnath Open
Heronry: Publish all datasets, bird as well
as non-bird, in some open access forums.
Roshnath Open

6. Action Owner Status
All lady members who participated in the
workshop to be added to the all kerala
whatsapp group for ladies.
Sreedevi Done
Conduct a regular data quality marathon
where a group of volunteers and possibly
editors sit together over zoom and attack
such specific problems in a region in Kerala.
Maxim Open
A proposal to be sent to PCCF for the
pelagic monitoring.
Nameer Open

7. Action Owner Status
Special interest group to be created for
panchayat monitoring.
Harikumar
Mannar
Done
Publish protocol to be followed during
GBBC & OBC for panchayat monitoring.
Praveen J Dropped
Deploy beach monitoring across Kerala Beach
Monitoring
Group
Done
Form a core group of interested people for
each of the three exercises. Handover to
the core group.
Rathish Partly
Done

8. Action Owner Status
Use eBird data to find ideal sites for raptor
monitoring.
Praveen J Done
Create raptor counting protocol for raptor
monitoring.
Raptor
Group
Done
Create protocol for monitoring open
landscapes.
Open
landscape
group
Open

9. Action Owner Status
Setup a core group for strategizing on digital
outreach.
Anish Open
Create the digital outreach strategy for KBM
and deploy.
Digital
Outreach
group
Open
Share the list of bird-friendly plants/trees
that can be planted in Kerala
Nameer Open

10. State of India’s Birds –
Iteration 2

12. +
WTI
IISc
ZSI

14. Methodology for large scale trends
• Statistical modelling over eBird data
• Long term trend: Pre-2000 levels to 2022
• Current trend: 2015 to 2022 (last observation date: 31 May
2023)
• SoIB1 vs SoIB2
• Many methodological advances to ensure robust conclusions
• First time, a few states will have trend of its own

15. Kerala: Interim results: Summary of Species
Long-term Current
Data Available 47 154
Rapid Decline 00 06
Decline 01 01
Stable 14 15
Increase 02 1
Rapid Increase 01 0