Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas
Instructions for General Atlassing
1. Introduction
2. Getting Started
3. Collecting Data
4. Submitting Atlas Data
5. Thank You and Good Luck!
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Instructions for General Atlassing

(Updated December 2020)

phone: (519) 586-3531 ext. 123

email: [email protected]

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Thank you very much to the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas Supporters​

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Table of Contents

​1. Introduction​

​1.1 Safety​

​1.2 Who can participate​

​1.3 Ways to participate​

​a) General atlassing​

​b) Point counts​

​c) Incidental records​

​d) Special surveys: Owls, nightjars and marshbirds​

​1.4 Surveying public and private property​

​1.5 Northern atlassing​

​1.6 Atlassing in National and Provincial Parks and Conservation Areas​

​2. Getting Started​

​2.1 Visit the Atlas website and register​

​2.2 Regional Coordinators​

​2.3 Atlasser Materials​

​2.4 Breeding evidence codes​

​3. Collecting Data​

​3.1 Goals ​

​3.2 How to Atlas ​

​a) When to Atlas​

​b) Where to Atlas​

​3.3 The Atlas (NatureCounts) app ​

​a) eBird and the Atlas​

​3.4 Data Forms​

​a) Atlas Checklist​

​b) Rare/Colonial Species and Flagged records​

​c) Point Count Forms​

​3.5 Location information​

​3.6 Project NestWatch (Optional)​

​4. Submitting Atlas Data​

​5. Thank You and Good Luck!​

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