[By Chuck Almdale]

It’s really easy to add an existing eBird checklist to the California Bird Atlas. If you have checklists for 2026 and noted breeding behavior codes on the list, you can add the entire checklist to the project in about one minute. [They prefer entire checklists.] If you noted any sort of breeding behavior but didn’t select a breeding code, you can select and enter the code during this process.

The California Bird Atlas (CBA) has a nicely done video showing you how to do it, only 2:48 long.
I suggest that you first determine if any of your 2026 eBird checklists have any breeding bird information in them. If you find one, then watch the video below in a separate tab, pausing the video and performing the steps.

You can watch the video here. If you want a transcript to read, scroll down past this video below.

Want a transcript to appear?

Watch the video on the CBA YouTube page.
Just below their name is a colored area with a blurb text beginning with “This video was created…”
Click the “…more” area, then scroll down to find the “Show Transcript” button and click it. The transcript appears to the right of the video and scrolls up as the video progresses.

When you’re done moving a checklist, a little 6-dot icon appears next to it in your ebird “My Checklists.”