• Atlas Data Entry 401: Location Precision

    The fourth Atlas Data Entry Tutorial concerns location precision. Find out why it's important, and learn our best practices to ensure your sightings are useful to the managers and scientists who use them for bird conservation!

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    Portal Pandemonium: Where to Submit Your Atlas Observations

    With the Atlas off and running and breeding activity picking up it appears some Wisconsin birders are confused about where/how to submit sightings to the Atlas. At first blush having two state-based eBird portals may seem perplexing but in reality knowing when to use the new Atlas eBird portal instead of the traditional Wisconsin eBird portal is remarkably simple.

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    Atlas Data Entry 301: Understanding Breeding Codes & Timing

    Our third data entry tutorial is here! Read on to learn about potential challenges with using breeding codes (especially early in the breeding season, like right now) as well as the tools we have available to help you.

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    Atlas Data Entry 201: Complete Checklists

    This is the second in a series of tutorials walking you through the process for submitting your bird observations for Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II. In this second article, we will walk you through submitting a complete checklist of all the birds you encountered during a birding trip to a state natural area.

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    Atlas Data Entry 101: Incidental Observations

    Here's our first in a series to help guide you in submitting atlas data to eBird. This article outlines the basics of submitting an Incidental observation -- that is, a bird you observed when birding was not your primary purpose.