Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
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The New Mexico Breeding Bird Atlas ProjectAtlas Handbook |
Document number (for office use) ________
Most species breeding can be confirmed without finding nests. When nests are found specific information can be collected. This is an optional but useful part of the atlas project. Nest records can provide detailed information for all species, but are especially useful for rare species or special concern species in New Mexico, as well as important for describing unique New Mexico nest characteristics for species with wider geographic ranges. When you find a nest please fill out the card and return it your regional organizer. Please ask your regional organizer for more cards, as you need them. Please remember that disturbing an active nest is a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, so keep your distance!
| Species (standard common name) _______________________________________________ Year _______________ Observer (full name) _________________________________________________________ Locality ___________________________________________________________________ County ___________________________ Basis of identification _________________________________________________________ Habitat (give atlas cover type group code) ________________ Nest Site (circle where appropriate) Bare ground, on ground in vegetation, floating, low vegetation, shrub, deciduous tree branch, deciduous tree cavity, conifer branch, conifer cavity, nest box, cliff or bank, other (specify) _________________________________________________________________________ Principal plant or structure supporting the nest ______________________________________ Height of eggs above the ground or water in feet (feet and tenths if under five feet) or meters (meters and decimeter if under two meters). ____________________________ |
| Month (mm) | Day (dd) | Number Eggs | Number Young | Nest Building | Adult Incubating | Comments (Stage of nest building: eggs present, young present, or age of young, etc.) |
Outcome (circle where appropriate)
| Unknown because not revisited | Failure due to competition with other species |
| Young seen leaving nest | Failure due to weather |
| Parent(s) excited near nest | Failure due to predation |
| Parent(s) with young near nest | Failure due to invertebrate parasites |
| Nest empty, intact | Failure due to cowbirds |
| Nest empty, damaged | Failure due to human activities |
| Nest Deserted | Failure due to pesticides (give details) |
| Other (Please describe) | |
| Go to the Atlas Forms page for a printable version of the Nest Observation Form. |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/projects/nmbba/nestobse.htm
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