Recent
News
Now
available to all 2nd PBBA participants! Submit
your bird observations quickly and easily using
one of these convenient methods:
E-mail
your bird data to us at mypabird@pabirdatlas.org
or
Phone in your data toll-free at
1-888-PABIRD1
When reporting your observations, we will need to
know:
Who? (The species)
What? (The breeding behavior)
Where? (The exact location)
When? (The date)
Why? Because every record counts
toward bird conservation in PA!
Be sure to give us your name, address and phone number
so that you can be credited as a volunteer and so we
can get in touch with you if there are any questions
about your record(s).
You can e-mail or phone in as many records as you
like as often as you like. Thanks for your help with
the 2nd PBBA!
PennsylAvian
Monitor
Click
here for the Spring 2009 issue of the project newsletter!
(PDF)
Click
here for links to previous issues.
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Welcome
to Pennsylvania's Second Breeding Bird Atlas
 Are
you one of the estimated 2.7 million bird watchers in Pennsylvania?
If you are,
we need your help! The 2nd Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas is
the most extensive survey of the state’s nesting birds
ever attempted. Begun in 2004, the five-year 2nd PBBA is in its
final year in 2008.
But…it's
not too late for you to help!
Young or
old, casual “backyard” bird watcher, intermediate
birdwatcher, or avid birder, just beginning or with a lifetime
of experience — everyone is welcomed and encouraged
to take part in the 2nd Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas. Accomplishing
the 2nd PBBA means putting as many of Pennsylvania’s thousands
of nesting birds on the map as possible. We need the help of
volunteers all across the state to reach our goal!
 Project Sponsors
The 2nd PBBA is a joint project of the Pennsylvania Game Commission
and The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, with principal
funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s State
Wildlife Grants program. The Wild Resource Conservation Fund
has provided additional project funding. In-kind and other
assistance is provided by Pennsylvania’s Bureaus of Forestry
and State Parks, Pennsylvania Audubon, Pennsylvania Society
for Ornithology, Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center, Penn
State Institutes of the Environment (Pennsylvania Spatial Data
Access program, PASDA), Penn State School of Forest Resources
and Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Click here for more
information on our sponsoring institutions.
Our
Most Important Resource is You!
Even with
strong institutional support, completing the 2nd PBBA depends
on the participation of thousands of volunteers like you. From
a single record of a robin nesting on your porch post, to a
handful of observations of birds seen at a state park while
on your family’s summer vacation, to a long list of nesting
species you’ve compiled after having spent dozens of
hours watching birds in various habitats throughout one or
more of the 4,937 Atlas blocks across the state– every
single record adds value to the project.
Click here to learn why you should volunteer for the 2nd PBBA.
Click here if you are ready to register as a volunteer for the
2nd PBBA.
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