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atlas update

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Chris Elphick
Sat, Jul 24, 2021 9:09 PM

Migration is under way, and nesting for some species is winding down. But, there is still plenty of time to add breeding records (especially confirmations) to the breeding atlas. For instance, just this week I've seen both goldfinches and cardinals collecting nest material, and there are still plenty of adult birds feeding young in the woods.
For a "big picture" look at how things are going, we have a new "completeness" map on the atlas blog:
http://ctbirdatlas.org/blog/index.php/2021/07/24/are-we-there-yet/
Now is also a good time to go back through old records and submit anything that has not yet been sent to the atlas - any breeding reports since 2018, will be useful - although we do need breeding codes, a date of observation, and a location attached to each record. Submissions via eBird are simplest for us, but we also have an incidental observations data form that can be used on the web site (information on all the options for submitting data can be found here: http://ctbirdatlas.com/Surveys-Data-forms.htm).
As always, thanks for the time everyone has put time into the atlas - we could not do this without your help,

Chris

Chris Elphick @ssts
Storrs, CT
elphick@sbcglobal.net

Migration is under way, and nesting for some species is winding down. But, there is still plenty of time to add breeding records (especially confirmations) to the breeding atlas. For instance, just this week I've seen both goldfinches and cardinals collecting nest material, and there are still plenty of adult birds feeding young in the woods. For a "big picture" look at how things are going, we have a new "completeness" map on the atlas blog: http://ctbirdatlas.org/blog/index.php/2021/07/24/are-we-there-yet/ Now is also a good time to go back through old records and submit anything that has not yet been sent to the atlas - any breeding reports since 2018, will be useful - although we do need breeding codes, a date of observation, and a location attached to each record. Submissions via eBird are simplest for us, but we also have an incidental observations data form that can be used on the web site (information on all the options for submitting data can be found here: http://ctbirdatlas.com/Surveys-Data-forms.htm). As always, thanks for the time everyone has put time into the atlas - we could not do this without your help, Chris Chris Elphick @ssts Storrs, CT elphick@sbcglobal.net