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MNBBA Handbook [300 kb pdf] Includes background on the project and all instructions, guidelines, and forms needed to conduct a survey.
Data Entry Instructions [1.5 Mb pdf] Surveyor Data Entry Instructions.
Map of MNBBA Regions with Counties [58 kb pdf] Regional Coordinators [8.4 kb pdf] Suggestions for Surveying an Atlas Block [14 kb pdf] Master Species List with Safe Dates and Habitat [42 kb pdf] MNBBA Field Card [6.8 kb pdf] Reference Card [30 kb pdf] provides list of MN species and indicates whether additional information is necessary for special species. Habitat Codes on 2nd page Expected Species
Breeding Evidence Codes [7.5 kb pdf] Permission Letter to Survey Private Property [14 kb pdf] Minnesota Tresspass Law [22.8 kb pdf] Verification Form [132 kb pdf]
Electonic Verification Form (preferred)
Vehicle Placard [13.4 kb pdf] Bird Identification Resources [124 kb pdf]
Deciduous Ecoregion [33 kb pdf]
Prairie Parkland and Tallgrass Aspen Parklands Ecoregion [34 kb pdf]