Get involved in creating the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 3

By essexcountynature|2021-02-21T19:59:21-05:00February 21st, 2021|Environmental projects, The Egret Article|

Calling all birders

Two Eastern Screech-Owls look down from a tree. Photo by Paul Pratt

Wanted: birders and those keen to become better birders.

Data collection for the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas 3 has begun and there is no better time to get involved. This is a five-year project aimed at mapping the distribution and abundance of the roughly 300 species of breeding birds in Ontario.

It is information collected by volunteers that will be used by researchers, scientists, government officials and conservation professionals.

See club president Paul Pratt’s 10-minute presentation about the atlas on the Essex County Nature YouTube channel. He and Karen Cedar are the Essex regional co-ordinators for the atlas project. Jeremy Hatt is the co-ordinator for Chatham-Kent.

For more details go to the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas website.

Essex County Nature Meeting

Tom Preney, the City of Windsor’s biodiversity co-ordinator, will talk about how fun and easy it is to contribute to citizen science using iNaturalist.

iNaturalist blends science and technology and uses social networking to discuss real time observations while documenting biodiversity. Through an interactive presentation Tom will introduce you to the world of iNaturalist and provide a tutorial on how to use both the web and mobile version so you can contribute to the world’s leading citizen science project.

Before attending the presentation participants are encouraged to download the iNaturalist app on their mobile device.

Meeting location: Ojibway Nature Centre, 5200 Matchette Road, Windsor.