[Posted by Chuck Almdale, suggested by several people]

Read more about it on the link below

California Bird Atlas calls for public help to map breeding birds
Source: UCLA Newsroom | by Holly Ober | 29 May, 2026
Media Contact: Holly Ober, 310-956-6465, hober@stratcomm.ucla.edu

Key takeaways

• A new project called the California Bird Atlas will document the breeding distribution and timing of every bird species in a defined region, providing a time-bound snapshot of where and how birds use the landscape.
• Bird atlases inform policy decisions around land protection, habitat management and climate resilience. Forty-four states have already completed a breeding bird atlas, but only 15 of California’s 58 counties have done so, capturing just 17% of the state’s land area.
• The California Bird Atlas is a collaborative, multi-year statewide project to document breeding birds, with an inaugural Big Weekend for data collection running June 4-7.