The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta: After five years of extensive field research by over 1200 volunteers, The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta: A Second Look will emerge in beautiful, large, hard cover format. This comprehensive atlas presents the current distribution, status and preferred habitat of every nesting bird species in Alberta. You will find striking color photographs, authoritative species accounts, and detailed maps of breeding evidence.

Each species account will contain:

• current distribution and range including comparison with first Atlas and historical range information
• change in abundance
• color province-wide maps with breeding evidence
• natural region preferences during breeding period
• current and historical status and protective legislation

Field guide to Alberta Birds: Co-written by Dr. Bruce McGillivray (former curator of ornithology, Provincial Museum of Alberta) and Glen Semenchuk (editor of the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Alberta), the Field Guide to Alberta Birds contains:

• A complete up-to-date field reference on over 300 Alberta birds.
• An easy-to-use identification guide for novice and experienced birders.
• A character by character reference for separating those tough to tell apart species.
• Key distinguishing features that have been highlighted for fast field identification.
• Over 300 high quality color images and distribution maps.
• The latest distribution maps based on bird records from across the province.