Saturday, December 28, 2013

Marine Important Bird Areas in the Pacific Flyway



Audubon has identified more than 200 marine Important Bird Areas (IBAs) for the Pacific Flyway. Detailed information about these key habitats are available in this interactive map. The map describing IBAs from Alaska's Beaufort Sea to northern Mexico's Baja Peninsula. The map shows site boundaries, photos, points of interest, significant species, estimated seabird abundances, and more.
Background and methods
This map is the product of several years of research from Audubon Alaska and Audubon California. Below you can find a detailed report describing our methods and results, as well as GIS layers and Google Earth documents related to the Pacific Flyway marine Important Bird Areas.





source:  http://conservation.audubon.org/marine-important-bird-areas-pacific-flyway

interactive map:  http://gis.audubon.org/pacificflyway_ibas/

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