Support bird conservation in Nevada by adopting a transect!

For the third year in a row, we will be conducting breeding season point count surveys on transects across Nevada in 2024 – surveys made possible by supporters like you!  We will be visiting these sites between late April and early July, depending on location.  This year we are focusing our eyes on 40 transects in or near burned areas; these surveys will add to our fire effects dataset and aid our understanding of how fire affects bird species in different habitats and under changing conditions, including climate. 

These surveys will additionally help document locations and abundances of conservation priority species and potential species range shifts – but even more than that, collecting information on our most common species can be crucial, specifically because there are so many of them.  Over the recent whipsaw between the wet winters of 2017-2018 to the depths of drought in 2021 to the relatively moist and cool 2023, some of the most useful and interesting data we’ve been looking at has been of the seemingly ubiquitous Black-throated Sparrow!

Thanks to our supporters (you!) we have completed 15 surveys of 11 transects over the past two years – surveys that have not only provided data for our long-term datasets and future analyses but have taken us to regions and sites that we would not have otherwise surveyed and have been helpful in understanding changing conditions across Nevada and how birds are responding to those changes.

You can read more about our surveys from 2022-2023 and explore our survey sites here.

How you can help:

Transects will be assigned to one of three cost categories; 1: $200; 2: $300; or 3: $500, according to estimated survey costs required for completion.  Adopters can contribute towards a particular transect at whatever level they feel comfortable, from a $20 share to the full transect, or they can contribute towards a general pool. If a particular transect is not fully funded, then any funds in the pool would help make up the difference. If a transect cannot be fully funded even with pool money or if there are more funds donated than are required, then contributions toward that transect will enter the general pool to help push other, closer, transects over the line! All contributors will receive photos of their completed transect, highlights, and a species list, along with our sincere gratitude.

Adopt a transect today by exploring the links below or using the links embedded in the map.

 Check out our list of highlighted transects for 2024!

Use the map above to select transects, and click the pins to get more info and adopt or donate to that transect. The pins are color-coded corresponding to cost category, click the pop-out arrow at the top left for a full legend. You can use the links below to adopt, or the links embedded in the map.

Thank you for your interest in the Nevada Bird Count and Year 3 of our Adopt-a-Transect program! Please email outreach@gbbo.org with any questions.