The purpose of the West Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas Project was to inventory and plot the distribution of the breeding bird species of the state from 1984 to 1989. The result of that project is this book, which first provides a detailed explanation of how the fieldwork was carried out, then presents current distribution maps of each of West Virginia's breeding species, including rare and endangered birds and newly-discovered nesting locations for these species. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
This milestone book is the first comprehensive survey of the geographical distribution of West Virginia’s many breeding birds. More than three hundred volunteer birders systematically combed the Mountain State’s forests, wetlands, mountains, and farmlands over a six-year period to collect the data that forms its basis.
Detailed range maps are provided for 171 species of birds and two hybrids. Each map is accompanied by a summary of the bird’s breeding range, population trends from the USFWS Breeding Bird Survey, and a discussion of factors affecting the Atlas results. Acetate map overlays allow the reader to compare bird distribution with geographical and ecological features of the state.
