Interested in birds or getting involved with Citizen Science? Anyone who can identify at least one species of bird is welcome to contribute their observations to the Maine Bird Atlas. Want to find out more about how you can get started contributing your observations?
Join Kate Weatherby, the Maine Bird Atlas regional coordinator for the Carrabassett Valley and Dover-Foxcroft areas, and learn how to get started. This will be an informal session where we will go over the information available on the Maine Bird Atlas website, the eBird website, and we will also discuss other useful smartphone apps that may help new birders. Then, once no one has additional questions, we will head outdoors and take a walk around town to get some hands-on experience with watching for breeding bird behaviors and how to record that information for the Maine Bird Atlas.
Please dress appropriately for the weather and bring a pair of binoculars, if you have them. There will be two loaner binoculars available for sharing. If you have a smartphone, please bring that as well, particularly if you want help setting up and registering for the free eBird app.
The Maine Bird Atlas (2018-2022) is a statewide citizen science project to map the distribution and abundance of Maine birds. For more info visit: http://maine.gov/birdatlas