After five years of extensive field research by over 1200 volunteers, 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 contains 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; and current and historical status and protective legislation.