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Bird monitoring data resources represent arguably the most comprehensive time-series environmental data in existence. These data, gathered by hundreds of independent projects, have collected an estimated 60 million records over the past 100 years.

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Records Access Level
1 Project FeederWatch (Eastern US)
Project FeederWatch 		8,651,432 Level 5
2 Breeding Bird Surveys (50 stops, Western US)
Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service		 6,758,074 Level 2
3 Breeding Bird Surveys (50 stops, Eastern US)
Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service		 6,216,939 Level 2
4 Breeding Bird Surveys (total per route)
Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service		 5,737,145 Level 2
5 Project FeederWatch (Western US)
Project FeederWatch 		5,631,851 Level 5
6 Christmas Bird Counts
Christmas Bird Counts - Bird Studies Canada, National Audubon Society		 5,518,698 Level 2
7 EBird
eBird Canada - Bird Studies Canada, Cornell Lab of Ornithology		 3,860,221 Level 5
8 Breeding Bird Surveys (50 stops, Canada)
Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service		 2,123,813 Level 2
9 Project FeederWatch (Canada)
Project FeederWatch - Bird Studies Canada, Cornell Lab of Ornithology		 1,797,278 Level 5
10 CMMN Banding Data: Long Point Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Bird Studies Canada		 907,878 Level 3
11 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Long Point Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Bird Studies Canada		 890,813 Level 3
12 Feuillet d'observations quotidiennes des oiseaux du Québec
NatureCounts 		666,963 Level 2
13 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (2001-2005): point count data
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Nature		 592,425 Level 3
14 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (2001-2005): raw breeding evidence
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Nature		 541,743 Level 3
15 Birds of British Columbia
NatureCounts 		498,444 Level 2
16 Great Backyard Bird Count
Great Backyard Bird Count - National Audubon Society, Cornell Lab of Ornithology		 431,613 Level 5
17 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (1981-1985): raw breeding evidence
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Nature		 407,287 Level 3
18 Ontario Bird Feeder Survey
Project FeederWatch - Bird Studies Canada		 324,560 Level 3
19 Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas (2006-2010): raw breeding evidence
Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Prince Edward Island Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nature NB, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island		 263,182 Level 3
20 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (2001-2005): highest breeding evidence per square
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Nature		 256,702 Level 3
21 British Columbia Coastal Waterbirds Survey
British Columbia Coastal Waterbird Survey - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service		 207,717 Level 3
22 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (1981-1985): highest breeding evidence per square
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Nature		 205,816 Level 3
23 British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas (2008-2012): raw breeding evidence
British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, BC Nature, BC Field Ornithologists, Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife Studies, Louisiana Pacific, Pacific Wildlife Foundation, The		 203,014 Level 3
24 Marsh Monitoring Program - Bird Surveys
Marsh Monitoring Program - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service		 191,386 Level 3
25 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Haldimand Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Haldimand Bird Observatory		 184,682 Level 2
26 British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas (2008-2012): point count data
British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, BC Nature, BC Field Ornithologists, Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife Studies, Louisiana Pacific, Pacific Wildlife Foundation, The		 166,328 Level 3
27 Québec Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): raw breeding evidence
Québec Breeding Bird Atlas 		159,319 Level 2
28 Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas (1986-1990): raw breeding evidence
Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Prince Edward Island Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nature NB, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island		 142,920 Level 3
29 British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas (2008-2012): highest breeding evidence per square
British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, BC Nature, BC Field Ornithologists, Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife Studies, Louisiana Pacific, Pacific Wildlife Foundation, The		 127,715 Level 3
30 Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas (2006-2010): point count data
Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Prince Edward Island Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nature NB, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island		 127,167 Level 3
31 Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas (2006-2010): highest breeding evidence per square
Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Prince Edward Island Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nature NB, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island		 114,843 Level 3
32 Raptor Population Index
Raptor Population Index - Hawk Migration Association of North America		 112,673 Level 2
33 Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): raw breeding evidence
Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas 		101,323 Level 3
34 Québec Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): point count data
Québec Breeding Bird Atlas 		99,660 Level 2
35 Québec Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): highest breeding evidence per square
Québec Breeding Bird Atlas 		99,650 Level 2
36 Québec Breeding Bird Atlas (1984-1989): raw breeding evidence
Québec Breeding Bird Atlas 		95,040 Level 1
37 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Thunder Cape Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Thunder Cape Bird Observatory		 94,396 Level 3
38 Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas (1986-1990): highest breeding evidence per square
Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Prince Edward Island Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nature NB, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island		 93,053 Level 3
39 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Haldimand Bird Observatory - Selkirk
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Haldimand Bird Observatory		 92,953 Level 2
40 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory		 90,529 Level 2
41 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Delta Marsh Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Delta Marsh Bird Observatory		 86,697 Level 2
42 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac		 82,571 Level 2
43 Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): point count data
Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas 		82,464 Level 3
44 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Haldimand Bird Observatory - Ruthven
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Haldimand Bird Observatory		 73,197 Level 2
45 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory		 70,745 Level 2
46 Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): highest breeding evidence per square
Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas 		70,692 Level 3
47 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Rocky Point Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory		 67,621 Level 2
48 Québec Breeding Bird Atlas (1984-1989): highest breeding evidence per square
Québec Breeding Bird Atlas 		67,491 Level 1
49 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Atlantic Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Atlantic Bird Observatory		 63,776 Level 2
50 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Whitefish Point Bird Observatory		 63,251 Level 2
51 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Pelee Island Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Pelee Island Bird Observatory		 59,144 Level 2
52 Marsh Monitoring Program - Amphibian Surveys
Marsh Monitoring Program - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service		 58,494 Level 3
53 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Tommy Thompson Park Bird Research Station		 56,572 Level 2
54 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Bruce Peninsula Bird Observatory		 55,644 Level 2
55 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Beaverhill Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Beaverhill Bird Observatory		 54,156 Level 2
56 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Mackenzie Nature Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Mackenzie Nature Observatory		 44,649 Level 2
57 Ontario Nocturnal Owls Survey
Ontario Nocturnal Owl Survey - Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources		 40,449 Level 3
58 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Last Mountain Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Last Mountain Bird Observatory		 40,367 Level 2
59 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Haldimand Bird Observatory - Rock Point
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Haldimand Bird Observatory		 38,533 Level 2
60 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: McGill Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - McGill Bird Observatory		 38,060 Level 2
61 Ontario Shorebird Survey
Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring 		35,463 Level 3
62 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Innis Point Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Innis Point Bird Observatory		 32,345 Level 2
63 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Vaseux Lake Migration Monitoring Station
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Vaseux Lake Migration Monitoring Station		 28,692 Level 2
64 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (2001-2005): rare species and colonial data
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Nature		 27,970 Level 3
65 Red-shouldered Hawk and Spring Woodpecker Survey
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources		 27,696 Level 3
66 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Inglewood Bird Sanctuary		 23,592 Level 2
67 Manitoba Nocturnal Owls Survey
Manitoba Nocturnal Owl Survey - Bird Studies Canada, Manitoba Conservation		 15,207 Level 3
68 Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas (2006-2010): rare species and colonial data
Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Prince Edward Island Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nature NB, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island		 9,886 Level 3
69 Atlantic Nocturnal Owls Survey
Atlantic Canada Nocturnal Owl Survey - Bird Studies Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Prince Edward Island Department of Natural Resources		 9,851 Level 3
70 Québec Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): rare species and colonial data
Québec Breeding Bird Atlas 		8,256 Level 2
71 British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas (2008-2012): rare species and colonial data
British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, BC Nature, BC Field Ornithologists, Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife Studies, Louisiana Pacific, Pacific Wildlife Foundation, The		 5,406 Level 3
72 British Columbia Marine Bird Atlas
British Columbia Coastal Waterbird Survey 		4,311 Level 3
73 Nest records cards - Kathy Martin
Nest Records Card Schemes - University of British Columbia		 4,008 Level 5
74 Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): rare species and colonial data
Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas 		2,975 Level 3
75 Renfrew County Biotabase
Renfrew County Biotabase - Pembroke Area Field Naturalists		 1,269 Level 5
76 Nest records cards - Alaine Camfield
Nest Records Card Schemes 		445 Level 3
77 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (2001-2005): point count data for species at risk
Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Field Ornithologists, Ontario Nature		 31 Level 3
78 Acadian Flycatcher Survey
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 1
79 Alberta Nocturnal Owls Survey
Alberta Nocturnal Owl Survey - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, Beaverhill Bird Observatory		 n/a Level 3
80 Atlantic Canada Beached Bird Survey
Beached Bird Surveys - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 3
81 Atlantic Canada Shorebird Survey
Program for Regional and International Shorebird Monitoring 		n/a Level 3
82 Bald Eagle Nest Productivity
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 1
83 Bald Eagle Nest Satellite Tracking
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 1
84 Barn Owl Recovery Program
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 1
85 Breeding Bird Surveys (50 stops, Mexico)
Breeding Bird Survey - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Canadian Wildlife Service		 n/a Level 2
86 British Columbia Beached Birds Survey
Beached Bird Surveys - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service		 n/a Level 3
87 British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas (2008-2012): point count data for species at risk
British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, BC Nature, BC Field Ornithologists, Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife Studies, Louisiana Pacific, Pacific Wildlife Foundation, The		 n/a Level 3
88 British Columbia Nocturnal Owls Survey
BC-Yukon Nocturnal Owl Survey Data Entry - Bird Studies Canada, British Columbia Ministry of Environment		 n/a Level 3
89 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Albert Creek Bird Observatory
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Albert Creek Bird Observatory		 n/a Level 2
90 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Atlantic Bird Observatory - Bon Portage Island
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network 		n/a Level 2
91 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Atlantic Bird Observatory - Seal Island
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network 		n/a Level 2
92 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Brier Island Bird Migration Research Station
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Brier Island Bird Migration Research Station		 n/a Level 2
93 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Gros Morne National Park Migration Monitoring Station
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Gros Morne National Park Migration Monitoring Station		 n/a Level 2
94 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Revelstoke Bird Monitoring Station
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Revelstoke Bird Monitoring Station		 n/a Level 2
95 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: St. Andrews Bird Banding Station
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - St. Andrews Bird Banding Station		 n/a Level 2
96 CMMN Daily Estimated Totals: Teslin Lake Bird Banding Station
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Teslin Lake Bird Banding Station		 n/a Level 2
97 Canadian Lakes Loon Survey
Canadian Lakes Loon Survey - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 3
98 Forest Bird Monitoring Program - Point Pelee National Park
Forest Bird Monitoring Program - Bird Studies Canada, Parks Canada		 n/a Level 3
99 Golden-winged Warbler
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program 		n/a Level 1
100 High Elevation Landbird Program
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 3
101 Hooded Warbler Survey
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service		 n/a Level 1
102 LPWWRF - Long Point Waterfowl Census
NatureCounts 		n/a Level 2
103 Long Point Bird Observatory - Monarch Butterflies
Canadian Migration Monitoring Network - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 3
104 Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): point count data for species at risk
Manitoba Breeding Bird Atlas 		n/a Level 3
105 Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas (2006-2010): point count data for species at risk
Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas - Bird Studies Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Prince Edward Island Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nature NB, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island		 n/a Level 3
106 Maritimes Nest Record Scheme
Canadian Nest Record Schemes (Project NestWatch) - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service		 n/a Level 3
107 New Brunswick Forest Hawk and Woodpecker survey
NatureCounts - Bird Studies Canada, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources		 n/a Level 3
108 Nova Scotia Piping Plover Conservation Program
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources		 n/a Level 1
109 Ontario Heronry Inventory
NatureCounts 		n/a Level 3
110 Ontario Nest Record Scheme
Canadian Nest Record Schemes (Project NestWatch) - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 3
111 Prairie Nest Record Scheme
Canadian Nest Record Schemes (Project NestWatch) - Federation of Alberta Naturalists, Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 3
112 Programme de surveillance des oiseaux échoués du Québec
Beached Bird Surveys 		n/a Level 3
113 Prothonotary Warbler Nest Productivity
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service		 n/a Level 1
114 Québec Breeding Bird Atlas (2010-2014): point count data for species at risk
Québec Breeding Bird Atlas 		n/a Level 2
115 Québec Nest Record Scheme
Canadian Nest Record Schemes (Project NestWatch) - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 3
116 Québec Nocturnal Owls Survey
Québec Nocturnal Owl Survey - Bird Studies Canada, Birds Protection Québec		 n/a Level 3
117 Short-eared Owl Census
Bird Studies Canada - Species at risk program - Bird Studies Canada		 n/a Level 1
118 Études des populations d'oiseaux du Québec
NatureCounts 		n/a Level 2

NatureCounts Statistics:

Records57,944,602
Locations515,695
Taxa3,516
Date Range1813 - 2012
Datasets327

 

 

  
 

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