Breeding Bird Atlases  in Howard County

Howard County has participated in four Breeding Bird Atlases .

  • The first was a prototype effort in 1973-1975 to determine the feasibility of using quarterblocks.
  • The second was during the First MD/DC Breeding Bird Atlas 1983-1987.
  • The third was during the Second MD/DC Breeding Bird Atlas 2002-2006.
  • The fourth was during the Third MD.DC Breeding Bird Atlas (BBA3) 2019-2024.

Maps (results for each species)
First three atlases

Charts (results for each block)
First three atlases

BBA3

Some preliminary results are available now.