Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas

Project Team

• Gerald Neimi (PhD) - Senior Research Program Manager, Wildlife Ecologist
• Alexis Grinde (PhD) - Research Program Manager, Wildlife Ecologist
• Annie Bracey (PhD candidate) - Avian Ecologist
• Nick Walton (MS) - Quantitative Ecologist
• Josh Bednar (MS) - Wildlife Ecologist
• Ryan Steiner- Integrated Biosciences MS student
• Steve Kolbe- Integrated Biosciences MS student
• Alexis Liljenquist - Biology undergraduate student

Project Goals

1. Document occurrence and breeding status of Minnesota's breeding birds
2. Summarize atlas findings and species natural history (website and book)
3. Predict species distributions in Minnesota

Current Research Activities

Field work for the Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas (MNBBA) was competed in 2013. We are currently finishing the MNBBA website, and it will be open to the public sometime in October, 2017. The website is available at: mnbirdatlas.org

Funding

Major funding was provided by the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund as recommended by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR).