Overview

Grants & Other Potential Funding Opportunities

• North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) Funding
  • An Introduction to NAWCA
• Colorado Wetlands for Wildlife Program
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grants
• Colorado Field Ornithologists Project Grants & Scholarships
• Regional Conservation Partnership Program
• Conservation Innovation Grants

Resources for Wetland & Riparian Birds

• Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Wildlife Species Profiles & Habitat Scorecards (profiles limited to birds found in Mesa & Delta Counties
• Waterfowl Management Handbook
• Natural Resources Conservation Service - Conservation Practice Standards
  • Wetland Restoration
  • Wetland Enhancement
  • Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management
  • Wetland Creation
• Native Plants Database to Attract Migrating Birds 
• Bringing Birds Home - A Guide to Enhancing Rivers, Streams and Desert Washes for Birds and Other Wildlife

Databases

• Avian Knowledge Database
  • Rocky Mountain Avian Data Center
    • PowerPoint on Avian Data Center Usage
• Partners in Flight Databases
• Game Birds Database
• Breeding Bird Survey
• Colorado's Decision Support System

Mapping & Data Layers

• Bird Specific
  • Audubon map of Important Bird Areas
  • Colorado Bird Habitat Conservation Areas
  • Breeding Bird Survey
    • Relative Abundance Maps
    • Trend Maps
  • The First Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas
  • The Second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas
    • Species Profile Maps Specific to Priority Non-Game Birds Found on Western Slope
    • Species Profile Maps Specific to Priority Game Birds Found on Western Slope
• Other Data Layers
  • Colorado Natural Heritage Program NatureServe
  • USDA - Geospatial Data Gateway
  • National Wetlands Inventory
    • Wetlands Mapper

Occurrence Lists

• Colorado Field Ornithologists - County Birding
  • Mesa County
• Audubon Christmas Bird Count Data
• eBird
  • Mesa County Bird Observations

Bird Conservation Plans

• Coordinated Implementation Plan for Bird Conservation in Western Colorado
• Colorado Parks & Wildlife - State Wildlife Action Plan
• Intermountain West Joint Venture - Identifying Science Priorities 2013-2018

Priority Birds for the Western Slope

• Priority Bird Species by Program/Agency
• • Profiles for Priority Species
  • US Forest Service Species Conservation Assessments
• Western Slope Activity of Priority Species
• Threatened Species
  • Western Yellow Billed Cuckoo

Reports

• Water and Birds in the Arid West: Habitats in Decline (2017 Audubon report)

Presentations

• Non-waterfowl Avian Life Cycle Needs and Habitats
• Waterfowl Life Cycle Needs and Habitats

Conservation Organizations, Agencies, and Groups

• Audubon
  • Western Rivers Program
  • Grand Valley Audubon
• Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
• Colorado Field Ornithologists
• Colorado Parks & Wildlife - Wetland Wildlife Conservation Program
• Ducks Unlimited
• Intermountain West Joint Venture 
• Partners for Fish & Wildlife
• National Riparian Service Team
• US Forest Service
• Colorado Wetland Focus Area Committees

Bird Identification, Bird Watching, and Other Resources Recommended by Website Users

• All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) 
• The Feather Atlas
• Beginner's Guide to Bird Watching
• Bird Watching - A Beginner's Guide
• Reducing Bird Strike Through Better Windows Resource
• The Young Birder's Backyard Guide
• Guide to Bird Watching From Your Window
• The Complete Guide to Bird Watching
• The Ultimate Guide to Wildlife Photography