Wildlife Diversity Program Quarterly Report for July–September 2025
ALICIA BACHMAN
Staff surveying the Roanoke River at sunrise during the 2025 breeding season, hoping to detect Prothonotary, Kentucky, Swainson's, and other warblers
North Carolina Bird Atlas Completes Final Breeding Season
by Scott Anderson, Science Support Supervisor
T he North Carolina Bird Atlas ( ncbirdatlas.org ) is a 5-year volunteer project to survey birds that breed and winter in the state. In August 2025, the last collection of breeding sea- son data was completed. The final collection of wintering sea- son data will be from November 2025 – February 2026. A concerted effort since January 2021 recruited 3,190 vol- unteers to go birding throughout the state – recording breed- ing behaviors during the summer, and presence during the winter. Since that time, these volunteers and staff visited parks, floated down rivers, and boated to islands to record over 4.7 million observations of birds. The public campaign to recruit
volunteers resulted in an 81% increase in checklists submitted during the Atlas compared to the previous 5 years. These data will be invaluable to documenting the current status of our bird populations, contributing to range-wide conservation products ( https://science.ebird.org/en/status- and-trends ), and learning about the timing of breeding for most species. Once the data have been thoroughly reviewed, detailed analyses will begin. We encourage all to continue to participate during the last winter season by submitting data to the NC Bird Atlas Portal ( https://change-portal.ncbirdatlas.org ) in the eBird app.
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