The Next Steps
The Atlas has finished, and what an incredible effort from the community! So, many of you might be thinking, now what?
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New Zealand Bird Atlas finishes on a high
On the 31st May 2024, the Atlas project came to a close after an amazing five years’ worth of Atlasing. This was a project that was dependent on a community united by a shared passion, and we’ve been blown away by how the community have come together to meet the aims of the project.
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March 2024 Atlas Challenge Winner - Bev Alexander
It’s time to finally announce the winner of our March Atlas challenge! The March challenge was a grid square themed challenge, with the goal of submitting to grid squares that had had less than two hours Autumnal effort so far in the Atlas eBird portal in order to try increase the Autumn season grid square coverage.
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Wairarapa Atlas Toi Toi Wines Expedition - April 2024
The Atlas team were excited to organise the final Toi Toi wines funded Atlas expedition to the Wairarapa region this April over the ANZAC Weekend. The key aim was to increase day and night effort across as much of the areas around the region as possible.
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January 2024 Atlas Challenge Winners - Paul and Joy Sagar!
We’re excited to finally share the winner of our January Atlas Challenge! The January challenge was a grid square themed challenge, but with a particular focus on targeting grid squares that had received less than two hours worth of effort since the project began.
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Alexandra Atlasing Weekend (12th - 14th April 2024)
Maureen Howard provides a beautiful report of the recent Atlasing weekend into Alexandra, Otago. Thanks to the team at Toi Toi Wines for providing funding for this trip.
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Atlasing the Kaimanawa Southern Access Corridor - Christopher Tuffley
We asked Christopher Tuffley to provide a write-up of his recent Atlasing adventure into the Kaimanawa Southern Access Corridor. Whenever I looked at the Atlas Effort Map for the central North Island the region to the east of Waiouru looked back at me, blank and largely bare of data.
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Updates to Region Pages: eBirding This Month, Community Targets, and Trip Reports
The latest improvements to the eBird website deliver personalized content and fresh features for every region in the world. Upgraded Explore Region pages deliver all the recent birding activity you desire, plus NEW sections highlighting eBirding This Month and Year, feeds of public Trip Reports for every region, and locally-relevant information curated by regional partner […]
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Global Big Day—11 May 2024
Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you. No matter where you are, join us virtually on 11 May, help celebrate World Migratory Bird Day, and share the birds you find with eBird.
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February 2024 Atlas Challenge Winner - Richard Schofield
It’s time to announce the winner of our February Atlas challenge! The February challenge was a grid square themed challenge, with the goal of submitting to as many grid squares as possible in order to try increase the Summer season grid square coverage before it ended.
