Date: 3/1/26 6:19 am From: Justyn Stahl via groups.io <justyn.stahl...> Subject: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] California Bird Atlas - adding notes
Hey San Diego (and beyond)!
What a tremendous first two months of atlasing! We've been reaching out to many of you reporting atlas-first species, potential pitfalls, or those borderline cases where some clarity is needed. Like flagged rarities, proactive field notes from observers will save us (and you) a follow up email.* It is very helpful for the Atlas review team if you add a description of the behavior you observed, especially for those highest-level breeding codes, the so-called Confirmed behaviors.*
NY - Nest with Young (young are visible, how many?) NE - Nest with Eggs (eggs are visible, how many?) FS - Carrying Fecal Sac (describe what you saw) FY - Feeding Young (describe what you saw) CF- Carrying Food (what was the food item? beware of food caching/adult eating elsewhere) FL - Recently Fledged & Precocial Young (describe what you saw) ON - Occupied Nest (adult visibly sitting *in incubation posture*, for cavity nesters you'd want to note time on/off nest) UN - Used Nest (a nest from *this* year, note why you used this code) DD - Distraction Display (what was the behavior?) NB - Nest Building (nest should generally be visible, or repeated trips to unseen site) CN - Carrying Nesting Material (what is it carrying? big sticks/fine grass?) PE - Physiological Evidence (rare, bird banding use)
Thanks! Justyn Stahl North Park
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