Participant Resources for Climate Watch

Please use our COVID guidelines here to ensure safety.

Make sure to sign up here  to receive email updates about Climate Watch. 

Then follow these steps below:

 Step 1  |   Step 2   |   Step 3   |   Step 4 

Step 1: To get started participating in Climate Watch see if there is a local Coordinator in your area

• Check the Coordinator listing
• If there is no coordinator near you consider becoming a local coordinator by reading the materials on this page.
• If you just want to participate on your own, thats ok! Look through this to explore an in-depth, visual guide to how climate watch works and learn how you can get started on your own.

Step 2: Then read these to learn how to conduct Climate Watch surveys

These materials give a general overview of the program so you can decide if you want to participate:

• A two-page printable (PDF) provides a general overview for beginners.
• One-page overview protocol document give the 5 basic steps on what to do.
• Check out our recorded webinars available in our Climate Watch learning Center.

These materials give you more specific instructions on how to participate:

• Overview of scientific protocol through a Story Map
• Printable bird ID guide of the 12 target species.
• Climate Watch Survey Manual details the full protocol and steps for surveys
• Climate Watch protocol: How to choose your survey points
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Step 3: Next, learn about the ways you can collect and submit your data

• How to submit your data to Climate Watch
• Instructional overview of the methods for collecting and submitting data
• For use in the field here are a printable Climate Watch Data Collection Form and Data Collection Template. If you use these printable forms, please make sure that you follow the methods on the How to Submit your Data to Climate Watch to submit your data to Audubon and do not email these forms to us. 

Step 4: Before you go out to survey, use these online mapping tools to plan your survey locations

Listen to our webinar on How to use the Climate Watch mapping tools (Nov 5, 2021)

• Climate Watch Planner Mapping Tool: Link to Mapping tool

Instructions on how to use the tool to explore squares and plan survey point locations are available through the information icon in the Planner. 

If you are asked for login credentials, please follow these steps

1. Go to arcgis.com and login with the provided credentials.

Username : ClimateWatch Password: Audubon1

2. Once logged in and while in the same window, go to the top and navigate to https://gis.audubon.org/ClimateWatch

• Claim a Climate Watch Square: Link to  the Claim-a-Square tab of the mapping tool 

Instructions on how to claim a square are contained through the information icon in the planner.