• Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas II
In the 1980s, volunteers surveyed the entire state in a massive effort to record and map in an atlas the birds which breed in Michigan. This information has proved invaluable to scientists and natural resource managers, but there are indications that bird distribution and abundance has changed since this atlas was created.

Starting in 2002, the Kalamazoo Nature Center was contracted to coordinate the creation of a second Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas. The data collection portion of this process is scheduled to be completed in 2008, and its success depends again on the dedication of a corps of volunteers: backyard birdfeeders, hunters, amateur birdwatchers, and professionals.

• How to Participate

• Michigan's Breeding Birds Need Your Help 

• Regional Information

• Volunteer Sign-Up and Order Form 

• Volunteer Sign-Up and Order Form (automated) 

• Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas Handbook 

• Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas Handbook for Casual Observers 

• March 2006 Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas Newsletter 

• April 2007 Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas Newsletter 

• Casual Bird Observations Online Form

• Rare Bird Observation Forms

• Species Verification Form 

• Species Verification Form (automated) 

• Casual Observation Form 

• Point Count Data Form 

• Point Count Data Form (automated) 

• Survey Block Data Downloads

• Point Count Data Downloads

• Introduction Letter to Landowners 

• Windshield Sign for Observers 

• Species Breeding Season Dates 

• Species Codes 

• Indicators of Wind Speed

• A Standard Method for Monitoring Songbird Populations in the Great Lakes Region

• Kalamazoo Nature Center

• Sunrise/Sunset Times