Bird Atlas Blog
Black-capped Chronicle Issue 12 Summer 2023
A new (and final) issue of the Maine Bird Atlas’ newsletter, Black-capped Chronicle, is now available!
Black-capped Chronicle Issue 11 – Winter 2022/2023
A new issue of the Maine Bird Atlas’ newsletter, Black-capped Chronicle, is now available!
Black-capped Chronicle Issue 10 Spring 2022
Brown Creeper Certhia americana © Doug Hitchcox Macaulay Library
2022 Season Kickoff Meeting
On Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 6:30 pm (EDT) we’re kicking off the 5th and final season of the Maine Bird Atlas with an evening for Atlas volunteers to connect, strategize, get inspired, and hear all the latest atlas updates from the team of project coordinators!
Early Winter 2021-22 Summary
We’ve crossed the half-way point for the 2021-22 Winter Atlas, completing the “Early Winter” period at the end of January, and thanks to the effort of our volunteers it was a huge success!
Black-capped Chronicle Issue 9 Winter 2021-22
A new issue of the Maine Bird Atlas’ newsletter, Black-capped Chronicle, is now available!
2021 Breeding Season Summary
The 2021 breeding season, the fourth of five for the Maine Bird Atlas, is wrapped up and what a year it was! We hit some major milestones in the project thanks to a tremendous effort from our volunteers and this blog will touch on some of those. Whether you contributed a single record this summer or helped complete a series of priority blocks, every bit of effort counts and is necessary to get us over the finish line next year.
Big Atlas Weekend – The results are in!
Big Atlas Weekend 2021 was a success! All four participating Atlas projects had great turnout the weekend of June 25-27. By now, many atlasers have figured out that the best atlasing period is late June through early July, which is why we’ve started this annual mid-summer competition. It was a great time to be out with lots of babies hatching and needing to be fed.
Big Atlas Weekend – June 25-27
This exciting new event, Big Atlas Weekend, is a fun way for birders from across the state to document breeding birds and come together as a birding community. For many birds in the Northeast, breeding peaks in late June. It’s a great time to confirm breeding and fill gaps in the Maine Bird Atlas data.
Black-capped Chronicle Issue 8 Spring 2021
A new issue of the Maine Bird Atlas’ newsletter, Black-capped Chronicle, is now available!
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