This message has been sent with the permission of the Coordinator. Relative abundance maps from the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas project are now available on-line. These maps are derived from point count surveys and from colonial waterbird surveys.
Along with breeding distribution maps from both atlas one (1981-85) and atlas two (2001-2005), you can find the abundance maps here, in both English and French: http://www.birdsontario.org/atlas/maps.jsp I hope everyone will enjoy them, especially all the atlassers who worked so hard to collect all the point count data that made these fantastic maps possible. If you want all of these maps in one convenient package that includes an explanation of the distributions shown, and why they've changed between atlases, you'll want to purchase the atlas book. It's available from http://www.birdsontario.org/atlas/index.jsp?lang=en and contains a wealth of information (species accounts, front chapters, analyses, detailed appendices) that cannot be found elsewhere. The atlas price is now discounted to $63 including taxes and delivery in Canada. It makes a great Christmas gift! Cheers, Mike - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mike Cadman Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada 867 Lakeshore Road Burlington, ON, L7R 4A6 [email protected] Telephone: 905-336-6295 Fax: 905-336-6434 Government of Canada Mike Cadman Service canadien de la faune Environnement Canada 867 chemin Lakeshore Burlington, ON, L7R 4A6 [email protected] Téléphone: 905-336-6295 Télécopieur: 905-336-6434 Gouvernement du Canada _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
