The photograph linked to this description is from an Almaguin News article "Work is now underway for Breeding Bird Atlas" by Astrid L. Taim (published December 20, 2000 on page 44). The caption reads: "New bird atlas: Martin Parker of South River is the regional coordinator for Parry Sound District in the second volume of the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas..." From file 0254-01 "General information and regional statistics - Parry Sound Region."
Martin Parker was the Regional Coordinator for the Parry Sound District for the second edition of the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, which was compiled between 2001 and 2005. A keen naturalist, Parker had previously been the Regional Coordinator for Bruce County for the first edition of the atlas in 1981-1985.
Parker has since moved to Peterborough, Ontario where he remains active with the Peterborough Field Naturalists.
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Nipissing University and Canadore College Archives and Special Collections
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Fonds documents Martin Parker's work as the Regional Coordinator of the Parry Sound District for the second edition of the Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario (also known as the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas), an inventory of breeding bird species compiled between 2001 and 2005 that was intended to aid conservation efforts in Ontario. Fonds documents Parker’s responsibilities as Regional Coordinator including the recruitment, training, and organizing of atlassers (volunteer bird watchers), and the compilation of the data they collected. It also contains observational data from the Nipissing District, which it appears he was also involved in overseeing. The fonds also documents Parker's contributions as an author of several species accounts for the atlas.
Fonds is arranged into one series containing breeding bird observation data, as well as other files and items that do not belong to any series.
Custodial history is unknown.
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Series consists of files containing correspondence and news clippings relating to bird observations in the Nipissing District and the northeastern part of the Parry Sound District.
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File contains correspondence, news clippings, and bird checklists.
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File contains correspondence and news clippings.
File housed in two folders due to its large size.
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File contains correspondence and news clippings.
File housed in two folders due to its large size.
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File contains correspondence and news clippings.
File housed in three folders due to its large size.
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File contains correspondence and news clippings.
File housed in two folders due to its large size.
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File contains correspondence and news clippings.
File housed in two folders due to its large size.
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File contains correspondence and news clippings.
File is housed in two folders due to its large size.
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File contains correspondence, guides and manuals, news clippings, bird species sightings statistics, and maps.
File is arranged into the following sections: Index & introduction, Regional Coord[inator] guide, grants for northern trips, media coverage, 1st atlas regional coverage, 2nd atlas regional coverage, atlas office, assistance from Niagara Region, other assistance, rare species in Parry Sound Reg[ion], participants manual, month prov. e-mail reports, point count information, first year planning, data from other NB regions.
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File documents Parker's work as an author of several species accounts for the atlas. File contains lists of authors and reviewers by species, guides and instructions for authors, species classification sheets and summary sheets.
File is arranged into three sections: General information and instructions, species classification sheets, and summary sheets for all species.
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File contains Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas newsletters and is arranged into two sections: Provincial atlas newsletters, and Parry Sound Region newsletters (which Martin Parker prepared).
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File contains correspondence.
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File contains statistical annual summaries of bird species sighted during Christmas bird counts in Burk's Falls.
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File contains statistical summaries of bird species sighted in the Parry Sound District.
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File contains statistical summaries of bird species sighted in the West Nipissing Region.
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File contains statistical summaries of bird species sighted in the West Nipissing Region, with annotated updates. File also contains "A seasonal checklist of the birds of North Bay and vicinity" published by the Nipissing Naturalists Club in March 1996.
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File contains statistical summaries of bird species sighted in the Parry Sound Region.