The primary goal of a Breeding Bird Atlas is to determine the distribution of all species which are breeding within a given area. But an atlas can also produce a wealth of additional environmental information. The following article, which is adapted from a piece...
A breeding bird atlas is a book which describes all of the birds that have been recorded breeding within a specific region. This book is assembled from a very large collection of records compiled by birdwatchers in that region during a specific time period. To do...
One of the questions asked by participants in citizen science programs is, “How useful are the data that I’m collecting?” Well, if you were the only person participating in the project, the honest answer would be, “Not very useful at...
Citizen science is the term for scientific projects in which the average citizen can take part. The project itself is set-up and monitored by professional biologists and scientists but much of the field work contribution, in the form of collected data, comes from...
