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1 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas Breeding Evidence Form - Square Name (optional) Region Hudson Bay Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Short-billed Dowitcher Common Snipe American Woodcock Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Atlasser Double-crested Cormorant American Bittern Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Parasitic Jaeger Little Gull Additional Observers Atlasser (if available) Great Blue Heron Snow Goose Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Ross's Goose American Kestrel Herring Gull Visit Start Time End Time Party Hours* * Use 24-hr clock. See manual for calculation of party-hours. Record extra visits in notes or on separate sheet. For each species, record visit number when first found (use 0 if only recorded on casual visits). NotesOther Observers Canada Goose Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Amer Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup King Eider Common Eider Merlin Ruffed Grouse Spruce Grouse Willow Ptarmigan Sharp-tailed Grouse Yellow Rail Sora Sandhill Crane American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Whimbrel Glaucous Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Black Tern Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo (seen) Cuckoo species (heard) Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Great Gray Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Boreal Owl Common Nighthawk Surf Scoter Hudsonian Godwit Belted Kingfisher White-winged Scoter Marbled Godwit Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Long-tailed Duck Semipalmated Sandpiper Downy Woodpecker Bufflehead Least Sandpiper Hairy Woodpecker Common Goldeneye Pectoral Sandpiper Three-toed Woodpecker Hooded Merganser Purple Sandpiper Black-backed Woodpecker Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Pileated Woodpecker

2 Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird Northern Shrike Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Gray Jay Common Raven Horned Lark Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper House Wren Winter Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Northern Wheatear Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling American Pipit Bohemian Waxwing Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Nelson's Sh.-tailed Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Lapland Longspur Smith's Longspur Snow Bunting Rose-breasted Grosbeak Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Hoary Redpoll Pine Siskin Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow Additional Species Name Code Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Status Codes - Rare species - Colonial Species (Please complete relevant sections of rarecolonial species form) Breeding Codes OBSERVED X - Species observed in its breeding season (no evidence of breeding) POSSIBLE H - Species observed in breeding season in suitable nesting habitat S - Singing male present or breeding calls heard in breeding season in suitable nesting habitat PROBABLE P - Pair observed in their breeding season in suitable nesting habitat T - Permanent territory presumed through registration of territorial song or presence of adult bird in breeding habitat on at least 2 days, one week or more apart at the same place. D - Courtship or display between a male and a female or 2 males including courtship feeding or copulation V - Visiting probable nest site A - Agitated behaviour or anxiety calls of an adult B - Brood Patch on adult female or cloacal protuberance on adult male N - Nest building or excavation of nest hole CONFIRMED DD - Distraction display or injury feigning NU - Used nest or egg shell found (occupiedlaid during atlas period) FY - Recently fledged young or downy young AE - Adults leaving or entering nest site in circumstances indicating occupied nest FS - Adult carrying faecal sac CF - Adult carrying food for young NE - Nest containing eggs NY - Nest with young seen or heard

3 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas Breeding Evidence Form - Square Name (optional) Region North Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Red-necked Grebe American White Pelican Double-crested Cormorant Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Black Tern Rock Dove Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo (seen) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (seen) Atlasser American Bittern Least Bittern Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Cuckoo species (heard) Eastern Screech-Owl Additional Observers Atlasser (if available) Great Blue Heron Green Heron Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Great Horned Owl Northern Hawk Owl Turkey Vulture Merlin Barred Owl Visit Start Time End Time Party Hours* * Use 24-hr clock. See manual for calculation of party-hours. Record extra visits in notes or on separate sheet. For each species, record visit number when first found (use 0 if only recorded on casual visits). NotesOther Observers Canada Goose Mute Swan Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Amer Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Peregrine Falcon Ruffed Grouse Spruce Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Yellow Rail Virginia Rail Sora American Coot Sandhill Crane Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper Common (Wilson's) Snipe Great Gray Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Boreal Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Three-toed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker White-winged Scoter American Woodcock Bufflehead Wilson's Phalarope Pileated Woodpecker Common Goldeneye Bonaparte's Gull Olive-sided Flycatcher Hooded Merganser Ring-billed Gull Eastern Wood-Pewee Common Merganser Herring Gull Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Red-breasted Merganser Caspian Tern Alder Flycatcher Ruddy Duck Osprey Common Tern Forster's Tern Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe

4 Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Gray Jay Blue Jay Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Horned Lark Purple Martin North Rough-wing Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper House Wren Winter Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird Veery Gray-cheeked Thrush Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Golden-winged Warbler (seen) Blue-winged Warbler (seen) GoldenBlue-winged (heard) Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Le Conte's Sparrow Nelson's Sh.-tailed Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole Pine Grosbeak Purple Finch House Finch Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow Additional Species Name Code Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Status Codes - Rare species - Colonial Species (Please complete relevant sections of rarecolonial species form) Breeding Codes OBSERVED X - Species observed in its breeding season (no evidence of breeding) POSSIBLE H - Species observed in breeding season in suitable nesting habitat S - Singing male present or breeding calls heard in breeding season in suitable nesting habitat PROBABLE P - Pair observed in their breeding season in suitable nesting habitat T - Permanent territory presumed through registration of territorial song or presence of adult bird in breeding habitat on at least 2 days, one week or more apart at the same place. D - Courtship or display between a male and a female or 2 males including courtship feeding or copulation V - Visiting probable nest site A - Agitated behaviour or anxiety calls of an adult B - Brood Patch on adult female or cloacal protuberance on adult male N - Nest building or excavation of nest hole CONFIRMED DD - Distraction display or injury feigning NU - Used nest or egg shell found (occupiedlaid during atlas period) FY - Recently fledged young or downy young AE - Adults leaving or entering nest site in circumstances indicating occupied nest FS - Adult carrying faecal sac CF - Adult carrying food for young NE - Nest containing eggs NY - Nest with young seen or heard

5 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas Breeding Evidence Form - Square Name (optional) Region South Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant American Bittern Least Bittern Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Forster's Tern Black Tern Rock Dove Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo (seen) Atlasser Great Blue Heron Great Egret American Kestrel Merlin Yellow-billed Cuckoo (seen) Cuckoo species (heard) Additional Observers Atlasser (if available) Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Peregrine Falcon Gray Partridge Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Turkey Vulture Ring-necked Pheasant Barred Owl Visit Start Time End Time Party Hours* * Use 24-hr clock. See manual for calculation of party-hours. Record extra visits in notes or on separate sheet. For each species, record visit number when first found (use 0 if only recorded on casual visits). NotesOther Observers Canada Goose Mute Swan Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Amer Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Ruffed Grouse Spruce Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse Wild Turkey Northern Bobwhite King Rail Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen (seen) American Coot (seen) CootMoorhen (heard) Sandhill Crane Killdeer Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Pileated Woodpecker Hooded Merganser Common (Wilson's) Snipe Olive-sided Flycatcher Common Merganser American Woodcock Eastern Wood-Pewee Red-breasted Merganser Wilson's Phalarope Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Ruddy Duck Ring-billed Gull Acadian Flycatcher Osprey Herring Gull Alder Flycatcher Bald Eagle Great Black-backed Gull Willow Flycatcher Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Caspian Tern Common Tern Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe

6 Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Species Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Gray Jay Blue Jay Common Raven Horned Lark Purple Martin North Rough-wing Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren House Wren Winter Wren Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Blue-winged Warbler (seen) Golden-winged Warbler (seen) GoldenBlue-winged (heard) Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Cerulean Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Western Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch House Finch Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow Additional Species Name Code Visit Ob. Po. Pr. Conf. Status Codes - Rare species - Colonial Species (Please complete relevant sections of rarecolonial species form) Breeding Codes OBSERVED X - Species observed in its breeding season (no evidence of breeding) POSSIBLE H - Species observed in breeding season in suitable nesting habitat S - Singing male present or breeding calls heard in breeding season in suitable nesting habitat PROBABLE P - Pair observed in their breeding season in suitable nesting habitat T - Permanent territory presumed through registration of territorial song or presence of adult bird in breeding habitat on at least 2 days, one week or more apart at the same place. D - Courtship or display between a male and a female or 2 males including courtship feeding or copulation V - Visiting probable nest site A - Agitated behaviour or anxiety calls of an adult B - Brood Patch on adult female or cloacal protuberance on adult male N - Nest building or excavation of nest hole CONFIRMED DD - Distraction display or injury feigning NU - Used nest or egg shell found (occupiedlaid during atlas period) FY - Recently fledged young or downy young AE - Adults leaving or entering nest site in circumstances indicating occupied nest FS - Adult carrying faecal sac CF - Adult carrying food for young NE - Nest containing eggs NY - Nest with young seen or heard

7 Atlasser ID Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Casual Observation Card Additional observers ID (if available) 200 Square ID Region UTM Information th Species Name Species Code Breeding Evidence Please complete Square ID on every line. UTM coordinates are optional. Please print neatly in pen or dark pencil, not touching lines

8 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Casual Observation Card Square ID th Species Name Species Code Breeding Evidence Comments

9 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - Boreal A Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure B Habitat Structure Class Sub. C A B C A B C Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Common Loon Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Blue Jay Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush European Starling Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Blackburnian Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Purple Finch Evening Grosbeak Additional species or species with > 100 individuals A B C Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

10 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - Boreal D Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure E Habitat Structure Class Sub. F D E F D E F Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Common Loon Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Blue Jay Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush European Starling Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Blackburnian Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Purple Finch Evening Grosbeak Additional species or species with > 100 individuals D E F Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

11 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - Carolinian A Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure B Habitat Structure Class Sub. C A B C A B C Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Great Blue Heron Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Rock Dove Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Warbling Vireo Blue Jay Horned Lark Purple Martin Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Veery Wood Thrush Gray Catbird European Starling American Redstart Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Additional species or species with > 100 individuals A B C Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

12 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - Carolinian D Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure E Habitat Structure Class Sub. F D E F D E F Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Great Blue Heron Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Rock Dove Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Willow Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Warbling Vireo Blue Jay Horned Lark Purple Martin Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Veery Wood Thrush Gray Catbird European Starling American Redstart Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow Additional species or species with > 100 individuals D E F Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

13 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - Hudson Bay A Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure B Habitat Structure Class Sub. C A B C A B C Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Common Loon Canada Goose American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Amer Green-winged Teal Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Osprey Northern Harrier Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Common Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Herring Gull Belted Kingfisher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Gray Jay Common Raven Bank Swallow Boreal Chickadee Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Tennessee Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Northern Waterthrush Wilson's Warbler Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Redpoll Additional species or species with > 100 individuals A B C Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

14 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - Hudson Bay D Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure E Habitat Structure Class Sub. F D E F D E F Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Common Loon Canada Goose American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Amer Green-winged Teal Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Osprey Northern Harrier Sandhill Crane Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Common Snipe Bonaparte's Gull Herring Gull Belted Kingfisher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Gray Jay Common Raven Bank Swallow Boreal Chickadee Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Tennessee Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Northern Waterthrush Wilson's Warbler Fox Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Redpoll Additional species or species with > 100 individuals D E F Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

15 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - Shield A Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure B Habitat Structure Class Sub. C A B C A B C Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Mourning Dove Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Blue Jay Common Raven Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush European Starling Nashville Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Blackburnian Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak Additional species or species with > 100 individuals A B C Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

16 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - Shield D Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure E Habitat Structure Class Sub. F D E F D E F Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Mourning Dove Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Blue Jay Common Raven Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Winter Wren Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush European Starling Nashville Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Blackburnian Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak Additional species or species with > 100 individuals D E F Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

17 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - South Central A Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure B Habitat Structure Class Sub. C A B C A B C Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Rock Dove Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Warbling Vireo Blue Jay Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Veery Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch House Sparrow Additional species or species with > 100 individuals A B C Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

18 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas - Count Form - South Central D Habitat Class Sub. Atlasser Structure E Habitat Structure Class Sub. F D E F D E F Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Species Name <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Rock Dove Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Warbling Vireo Blue Jay Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Veery Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Chipping Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole American Goldfinch House Sparrow Additional species or species with > 100 individuals D E F Species Name Species Code <100m >100m <100m >100m <100m >100m This form will be read by computer. Please print neatly with pen or dark pencil (not felt pen) so numbers do not touch lines. Put only one character per box except additional species counts. Habitat Structure Class Sub

19 Species Name Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas RareColonial Species Form Please complete one form for each rare or colonial species in each square Species Code Region Atlasser Additional Observers Atlasser (if known) Observation Details Site #* Breeding Evidence Rare Species # of Adults Colonial Species # Active Total # NestsPairs Nests Species Description (for Rare Species only) Distance from Bird(s) Optical Equipment Observer Experience (in general and with this species) DESCRIPTION Please provide detailed account of circumstances surrounding these observations. Include a description of size, shape, colour pattern, song, call notes, behaviour and other diagnostic characters of species. Indicate only what was actually observed, and how similar species were eliminated. Include field sketches, copies of field notes, and photos, if available. * Site # Use the same number for all observations that refer to the same pair, colony or group of birds in the same general location

20 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas -- RareColonial Species Form -- page 2 Site Description Description of Habitat Description of how to access the site(s) SKETCH MAP OF LOCATION (to assist in relocating breeding territorycolony). For multiple breeding sites or colonies, sketch each location separately in space provided or on a separate sheet. Additional Comments (e.g. land ownership, nest contents) RC ID Accept as is REGIONAL COORD USE Reject record Change BE code to Needs more review Escapedreleased bird Accept with modification Staff ID Change BE code to Accept as is Reject record Needs more review Escapedreleased bird Accept with modification STAFF USE

21 Square ID Max distance at which playback can be heard B C D E A Atlas Nocturnal Owl Survey Region Atlasser ID Assistant Name G H J Assistant ID m Protocol UTM Information Boreal OwlBarred Owl Eastern Screech-Owl Survey Location Enter UTM if not a designated point Silent Listening Loc Loc A Location th A Example Time (24hr) Species Code F K ---First Observed--- 2 Min During After SilencePlaybk Survey* Direction E A S O X N E X 2 2 G H O W X S W X G H O W X N W X -Distance- (m) # <100 >100 Cars Noise Remarks EASO was a rufous phase bird B C D E

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