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From: "paul adamus" <adamus7 at attbi.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Oregon bird atlas now available
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:55:26 -0800


Tweeters--

With pleasure we announce the release of the CD-ROM for the Oregon
Breeding
Bird Atlas Project. This CD is the culmination of 7 years of diligent
efforts by many who participated in the project, the largest wildlife
survey
in Oregon's history. This hopefully represents a milestone in
ornithology
in the Pacific Northwest, complementing the Washington Breeding Bird
Atlas
published in 1997. In comparison with Washington's atlas, we surveyed
birds
in contiguous atlas units that encompassed the entire state, rather than
exclusively in small blocks allocated randomly or systematically across
the
state. By project's end, all of our contiguous atlasing units had met
minimum standards for coverage.

This CD is the sole product of the project. Most of the information
will
not be published, at least in the near term, in book format. The
interactive CD includes:
-- Color maps of 275 species believed to nest in Oregon, at 3 map
scales.
These are the largest detailed maps of Oregon species distributions
available from any source. At the finest scale, most roads are also
shown.
Roads covered by project volunteers are highlighted.
-- Color maps of habitat suitable for each species, at 2 map scales.
-- Color photos of 60+ habitats, a list of species most likely to occur
in
each, and map of statewide distribution of the habitat.
-- Narratives summarizing each species' distribution, its detectability,
acreage of possible habitat statewide, and a description of what we
still
need to learn about its distribution.
-- Lists of species you're likely to find during summer in each of 844
areas
in Oregon. This is especially useful for county and state listers.
-- Lists of species that should be searched for in each of 844 areas
because
habitat may be suitable but their occurrence has not yet been detected.
-- A list of all people who participated in the project.
-- A calendar of each species' breeding period based on project data.
-- Photos of all species, most by Oregon photographers.
-- The complete atlas database of over 120,000 records, describing who
reported a species from each area, what breeding evidence they found,
and
(sometimes) when they found it.
-- For each of 430 areas: data tabulated from other sources describing
climate (April through July), geology, soils, and geographic place names
-- Detailed tabulation of results and sophisticated statistical analyses
of
species-habitat relationships at a statewide (landscape) scale, for most
species.
-- A narrative useful to future project organizers, describing the
project's
history, how it was administered, field methods, and data analysis
methods.
-- Complete results of the Lane County Breeding Bird Atlas Project, with
maps showing locations where each species was detected in Lane County,
1983-1986 breeding seasons.
-- A numerical database of life history characteristics of many species,
from review of technical literature.
-- Lists of species, and numbers of each, found along each Breeding Bird
Survey route in Oregon, 1968-1999, accessed by clicking on a map showing
all
the routes.

The CD works on either a PC or MacIntosh. All you need is an internet
browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer. You don't need an
internet
connection. We have no plans to provide this information on a web site.

Prices for the CD are:
$20.00 if you contributed any observations to the atlas project, or
you
are currently a member of OFO.
$25.00 if neither of the above.
All the profits will support research on distribution of Oregon birds,
under
a small grants program administered by Oregon Field Ornithologists
(OFO),
the statewide birders organization.

Please make the check payable to Oregon Field Ornithologists and send
to:
OFO, P.O. Box 10373, Eugene, OR 97440.
Allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. If you also would like to join OFO, send
an
additional $25 to the same address, indicating what portion is for
membership and which for the CD.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. Thank you!

Paul Adamus (Coordinator) and the Project Steering Committee
Oregon Breeding Bird Atlas Project