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A quick glance at the NC Bird Atlas effort map will reveal a striking pattern. High-population areas have a high amount of birding effort while quite a bit of the rural spaces in between are lacking much-needed birding attention.
The nocturnal habits of owls can make it a challenge to confirm breeding for these mysterious species. The following guide was adapted from the article Atlasing After Dark: An Introduction to Nocturnal Surveys by Ashley Peele, the Coordinator of the recently completed 2nd Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas.
While most other state bird atlases are only focused on breeding birds, the NC Bird Atlas is also interested in the distribution and abundance of wintering species. There are two distinct winter atlasing time periods – early winter (Nov 1 – Dec 31) and late winter (Jan 1 – Feb 28).
The NC Bird Atlas is a 5-year community science project mapping the breeding and wintering of birds of our state. This massive undertaking could not succeed without all of you – our volunteers.
Explore the use of Bird Breeding Behavior codes. Thursday, May 19 7pm.
Step by step guide on how to get started atlasing. Thursday, May 12 at 7pm.
