For Centre County, we have *two blocks that need a principle atlaser* for
this winter:
*48D26 Snowshoe SE SE*- North-east of Yarnell.
*61B56- Houtzdale SE* – SW corner of county, includes SGL 60
These are priority blocks for the 2024-25 winter. Completing a block
entails surveying the block for at least 6 hours, split evenly between the
early and later winter periods; conducting at least two 1-hour surveys (one
in early winter, one in later winter); and conducting at least one
nocturnal survey. Please let me know if you are interested and available
to be the winter atlaser for one of these blocks. Note, you can commit to
just this winter or you can sign up as principal atlaser and conduct
breeding season surveys within the block also. Either one is fine.
For all birder’s, if you currently enter data into ebird, please switch to
the PA Bird Atlas portal by December 1 so that your data can be counted,
and please be sure you start a new check list when you enter a new block.
Data submitted in the regular ebird portal is not automatically available
to the PA atlas.
