Bhutanese birders participate in global big day.

Bhutan is going to participate in “Global Big Day”, an international annual bird-watching event contested by birders across the world. Bhutan will be entering the “Global Big Day” for the first time after Bajo Higher Secondary School teacher, Tshering Tobgay, a keen birder managed to enroll Bhutan into the contest recently.
Initiated in 2015 by eBird, an online checklist programme, the even begins on May 14.
For the first “Global Big Day” held last year, 6,085 species were reported on 44,173 checklists from 13,664 participants across 135 countries.