MAPS Archives - Sonoran Joint Venture

SJV’s Science Coordinator, Adam Hannuksela, teaches USFWS intern, Grace Hassing, safe techniques for handling birds and examining molt.

Long-term Bird Data Collection Yields Insights for the Future

September 13, 2023September 12, 2023

The Sonoran Joint Venture, Tucson Audubon Society, and the Bureau of Land Management partnered to revive a Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) station in the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona.

A MAPS banding datasheet with Black-headed Grosbeak and Wilson’s Warbler illustrations.

New Tools Make MAPS Bird Banding Database More Accessible

June 30, 2023

The MAPS database is a unique and valuable scientific resource consisting of over 2 million bird capture records from across North America and spanning more than three decades. A new web application makes it easier for researchers to use the database and for everyone to understand how bird populations are faring.