MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • May 9, 2021
The fourth year of the Maine Breeding Bird Atlas is off and running. This five-year project will provide an accurate mapping of the distribution of all the breeding birds in Maine and a baseline for future projects to assess changes in bird distribution. Furthermore, it will provide a valuable comparison with the first survey conducted from 1978 through 1983. So far, 1,875 volunteers have participated in the project and submitted over 62,000 checklists. The database currently has 3.6 million records, and we have solid breeding evidence for 216 species. A third of the priority blocks are complete, 35% have received very little attention and 32% are well under way. If you have not participated in the project, we can use your help. ~ Herb Wilson