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Resources and Materials
Your one-stop shop for Atlasing materials, special species survey information, and links to additional resources.
Don’t see what you’re looking for? Just ask! Contact the regional coordinator for your area or our outreach staff.
Want some help identifying birds? Try one of the helpful links below, or check out our calendar of events for a training opportunity.
The Basics
- Volunteer Handbooks
- Summary Slideshow of Breeding Behavior Codes (PDF)
- Breeding Birds Field Data Forms
- Wintering Birds Field Data Forms
Maps
- Instructions for Using the Interactive Atlas Block Map Tool (PDF)
- Interactive Atlas Block Map (adopt and/or download individual block map PDFs)
- Instructions for getting Google Earth files onto your smartphone or tablet (PDF)
- Google Earth Map File with Priority Blocks shaded(.kmz)
- Google Earth Map File without Priority Blocks shaded (.kmz)
Communication/Outreach
- 2021-2022 Winter Season Kickoff Meeting
- 2022 Season Kickoff Meeting
- 2021 Season Kickoff Meeting
- 2020 Season Kickoff Meeting
- Vehicle placard (PDF)
- Landowner Permissions Request letter (PDF)
- Volunteer Recruitment Business Cards
- Trailhead Flyer/Poster
- Informational Brochure (PDF)
- Black-capped Chronicle - Project Newsletter
- Issue 12 – Summer 2023 (PDF)
- Issue 11 – Winter 2022/2023 (PDF)
- Issue 10 – Spring 2022 (PDF)
- Issue 9 – Winter 2021/2022 (PDF)
- Issue 8 – Spring 2021 (PDF)
- Issue 7 - Winter 2020/2021 (PDF)
- Issue 6 - Spring 2020 (PDF)
- Issue 5 - Winter 2019/2020 (PDF)
- Issue 4 - Spring/Summer 2019 (PDF)
- Issue 3 - Winter 2018/2019 (PDF)
- Issue 2 - Spring/Summer 2018 (PDF)
- Issue 1 - Winter 2017 (PDF)
- Atlasing during COVID-19: Instructions for Maine Bird Atlas Volunteers
How-To Video Tutorials
- What is the Maine Bird Atlas?
- How to atlas
- How to look up a block and see what has already been reported
- How to enter records into eBird from your phone
- How to enter records into eBird on your computer
- What is a “safe-date” and how do I use it?
- How to figure out what block you’re in
- Maine’s 2 eBird portals and when to use them
- Complete presentation on the Maine Bird Atlas
Extras
- Breeding Behavior Codes
- Breeding Bird Safe Dates
- Special Species’ Surveys
Helpful Bird Identification Links
- Dendroica: An aid to identifying Western Hemisphere birds
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology All About Birds
- Nearby state/provincial atlases
- Birder Certification Online