Photo: Jim Duncan. An active Black-billed Magpie nest (birds not visible in photo) in southeastern Manitoba in early May 2010. Atlas code = AE = Confirmed breeding.

Photo: Jim Duncan. A male Spruce Grouse displaying in southeastern Manitoba in early May 2010. Atlas code = D = Probable breeding.

Photo: Ruth Hiebert. A Cooper's Hawk by the nest on Apr 25, 2010 in southern Manitoba. Atlas code = AE = Confirmed breeding

Photo: Chrsitian Artuso. A male Northern Harrier hunts over grassland habitat near Oak Hammock. Atlas code H = habitat.

Photo: Jake Hiebert. A pair of Common Goldeneye copulating on Crescent Lake in Portage. Atlas code = D = Probable breeding. Note the early date of this observation. If this had been observed in an area where this species does not breed it would not be entered into the atlas. However, there is a local breeding population of Common Goldeneye on Crescent Lake and the record is therefore important.

Photo: Jake Hiebert. An American Coot at Kaleida sloughs (Atlas square 14NV34) on April 26th ,2010. Atlas code = H (habitat) = PossibleBreeding.

Photo: Jake Hiebert. A pair of Blue-winged Teal at Kaleida sloughs (Atlas square 14NV34) on April 26th ,2010. Atlas code = P (pair) = Probable Breeding.

Photo: Kevin Kodak. A female Wood Duck inspecting a nesting box in Winnipeg. Code = AE (adult entering, occupying or leaving a probable nest site).

Photo: Kevin Kodak. A White-breasted Nuthacth lining a nesting cavity in Winnipeg. Code = NB (nest building).

Photo: Stuart Oikawa. A female Hooded Merganser leaving a nestbox at FortWhyte Alive; atlas square #: 14PA22, on April 21st 2010; AE = confirmed breeding

Photo: Jim Duncan. A chick in a somewhat unusual nest site for Great Horned Owls (in a pipe). April 26th 2010. NY = nest with young = Confirmed breeding

Photo: Christian Artuso. A Cooper's Hawk on the nest in Winnipeg on April 24th 2010.