Natural History Wanderings

The annual report for Year 3 of the Santa Cruz County Breeding Bird Atlas II is now available on the Santa Cruz Bird Club website: https://santacruzbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Atlas_Year3_AnnualReport_Final.pdf

This was the biggest year yet in the five year project, which began in 2017. As a result of an increased effort from a growing contingent of volunteers, more breeding confirmations and atlasing hours were submitted this year than any year previously. The project is about 60% complete and we are at 45% of our fundraising goal. Thanks to the many supporters of the atlas and especially to all those contributing observations. We will begin our fourth year of fieldwork in March 2020.