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January Indoor Meeting – Steve Broker – Connecticut Bird Atlas – Year One Progress Report
January 10, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Connecticut Bird Atlas aims to map all bird species found in the state during both nesting and non-nesting seasons. From 2018 through 2020, birders are documenting the distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of birds at sites throughout the entire state. The resulting data will be used to document changes since the last comprehensive survey of the state’s birds, held from 1982 through 1986. Data collected will inform the State Wildlife Action Plan and will help determine priority areas for bird conservation and land protection. Join us as Steve Broker reviews the first year of field data for the breeding birds portion of the Atlas. One of eight regional coordinators for the Atlas, he discusses the use of safe dates and breeding codes and summarizes current statewide evidence for possible, probable, and confirmed breeding of our state’s avifauna. Examples are drawn in part from the New Haven Region, which presents a diversity of habitats. Steve discusses some of the significant arrivals and losses of breeding birds over the last 35 years. Suggestions are made for how we proceed with field work in years two and three of the Atlas, again with focus on the breeding birds component. Steve Broker has worked in science education for the past 45 years. He is President of the Connecticut Ornithological Association and a past President of the New Haven Bird Club (1991-1993).