Listed below are the materials necessary for operation of MAPS stations. If the document you want is not in downloadable format, or if you are unable to download a document and wish to have a form sent to you in hard copy or via email, please contact Danielle Kaschube.

Please visit the MAPSPROG page for the MAPSPROG Manual and the latest updates to the program.

If you encounter any difficulties printing these materials, please contact our office at 707-789-3224 for assistance.

Forms should be printed landscape orientation on legal (8.5” x 14") paper.

MAPS Station Registration Form - 2024 or
MAPS Station Registration Form - 2024 Fillable version

Empidonax Data Sheet (optional)

List of species in which males can develop brood patches - This document lists those species included in the Identification Guide to North American Birds Part I (Pyle 1997) in which the male can develop a partial, incomplete, or complete brood patch.

MAPS Chat is an annual newsletter for MAPS station operators that provides information on ageing and sexing birds, MAPS station operation, profiles of MAPS station operators, and much more.

Latest issue: MAPS Chat Number 24

Visit the MAPS Chat archive to read previous issues.

We want to see MAPS banders in action and share your important work with the world! Of course we love photos of birds- they are the stars of the show- but we also love photos of banders! Whether it's a posed group photo or a candid shot of your team hard at work at the banding table we want to see the people of the MAPS community too.

The 5 top-rated photographers will recieve their choice of an IBP hoodie OR a copy of the 2nd (new) edition of Peter Pyle's Identification Guide to North American Birds, Part 1. Entries are due by Sept. 1st, 2024.

You can submit photos individually or in batches of 10 using the Photo Submission Form linked above. To upload photos using the form you will need a Google (Gmail) account. If you don't have a Google account, and don't want to create one, PLEASE FILL OUT THE FORM & SUBMIT IT ANYWAY so that we have your information. Then email your photos separately to Meredith at mswalker@birdpop.org

By submitting your photos you are giving IBP permission to use them–with attribution to the photographer–on our social media accounts, and in newsletters, reports and other publications.

To be eligible for a prize in the contest, photos must meet IBP's guidelines for public-facing communications. Please review the MAPS Photo Contest Guidelines at the link above. If you have any questions, please email IBP's Communications Specialist, Meredith Walker, at mswalker@birdpop.org.