Welcome to Saskatchewan’s first Breeding Bird Atlas!
The Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Atlas partnership is proud to publish online one of the largest volunteer-based initiatives in Saskatchewan’s history, and a major new resource for conservation.
Leading Saskatchewan bird experts describe the distribution, abundance, habitat and conservation of 271 species of birds that bred and potentially bred in the province between 2017 and 2021, beautifully illustrated by some of Saskatchewan’s finest photographers. Detailed maps show where each species occurs and how common it is. Graphs help show what is behind the patterns of distribution and abundance, and a series of tools allows you to explore and download the information.
Teaming Professionals with Volunteers
The project business model, designed in 2016 by Birds Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Canadian Wildlife Service, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Nature Saskatchewan, and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment Fish and Wildlife Branch, teamed a small group of professionals with an army of volunteer birdwatchers and many generous donors from government, foundations, and private sectors.
The atlas is founded on the skill and dedication of 330 volunteers organised by a very dedicated group of volunteer Regional Coordinators who spent five years (2017-2021) logging over 22,700 hours of field data collection.
A Major, New, Free Online Publication
This atlas is the most comprehensive, current information source on the status of Saskatchewan’s breeding birds. More than 779,000 records of 271 breeding species and an additional 54 non-breeding species are included in the database, including more than 26,000 records of 30 Species At Risk. The entire contents-maps, species accounts, graphs, tables, raw data, and more-are available to everyone free of charge.
Something for Everyone
We have designed the atlas for use by a wide variety of interests:
- Professional conservation and natural resource practitioners will find a new suite of products to improve their day-to-day work.
- Educators in schools and universities will find new datasets to investigate hypotheses and new information to inform classroom learning.
- Birders around the world will find the latest maps and information for planning trips and using in the field.
- Last but not least, Saskatchewanians interested in learning more about their local environment have a new resource to help them interpret this diverse province and its rich birdlife.
The user-friendly digital presentations are designed for computers in the office and at home, and are well suited for viewing on mobile devices in the field. The species accounts can be also downloaded and printed.
A Long-term Partnership for Conservation
The atlas is a uniting force bringing together the birding and wildlife-watching community, wildlife management agencies, academic institutions, industries, professional biologists and outdoor user groups, in a common stewardship goal: better conservation of our birds and the places they live. The 2017-2021 fieldwork is complete, but the partnership continues to apply the findings to research and conservation.
Atlas Partners
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