Media Submission
The Atlas uses media submitted here for outreach and other events as needed and to develop a pool of images for use in the final published products.
Have multiple files to share?
Great! You can send us a link to a cloud folder (e.g. Dropbox or Google Drive). Before you send your batch, please submit at least one file with the media submission form below and specify that the Atlas has permission to use the media you will send as a batch. Please identify the subject of each media file by including your name and the species as the file name (e.g., TreeSwallow_JohnSmith.jpeg). Send the link to download your images to atlas@birdsontario.org and specify that it is a batch media submission in the subject line.
Photos for the final publication!
For the final product, we need high quality images of all 300 species of birds that breed in the province, taken during the breeding season. We are especially interested in images that depict breeding behaviours. See photos below for examples of what we’re looking for!
Below is a list of the species we still need photos for, as well as the type of photo we need (i.e., breeding adult, nest, or breeding evidence). Please take a look at our list and see if you can fill any of our gaps!
American Tree Sparrow – breeding evidence
American White Pelican – breeding evidence, nest
Bay-breasted Warbler – breeding evidence, nest
Black Scoter – nest
Black Vulture – breeding evidence, nest
Black-billed Magpie – breeding evidence, nest
Black-necked Stilt – breeding evidence
Blue Grosbeak – breeding evidence, nest
Boreal Owl – breeding evidence, nest
Bufflehead – nest
Cackling Goose – breeding evidence, nest
Cape May Warbler – nest
Chuck-will’s-widow – breeding evidence, nest
Chukar – breeding evidence, nest
Connecticut Warbler – breeding evidence, nest
Eurasian Collared-Dove – breeding evidence, nest
Evening Grosbeak – breeding evidence
Fish Crow – breeding evidence, nest
Forster’s Tern – breeding evidence
Fox Sparrow – breeding evidence
Golden Eagle – breeding evidence
Gray Partridge – nest
Greater Scaup – breeding evidence
Greater Yellowlegs – breeding evidence, nest
Harris’s Sparrow – breeding evidence, nest
Henslow’s Sparrow – nest
Hooded Merganser – nest
Kentucky Warbler – breeding evidence, nest
King Rail – breeding evidence, nest
Lark Sparrow – breeding evidence, nest
Lesser Scaup – nest
Marbled Godwit – breeding evidence, nest
Neotropic Cormorant – adult, breeding evidence, nest
Northern Pintail – breeding evidence
Northern Rough-winged Swallow – nest
Northern Shrike – nest
Northern Waterthrush – nest
Pine Warbler – nest
Purple Finch – breeding evidence
Red Crossbill – nest
Redhead – breeding evidence
Atlas-3 Media Use Agreement
This Media Use Agreement is for the specific Media (photograph, video, audio) voluntarily supplied by the Licensor to the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas-3 Partners (see current list of partners) – hereafter referred to as “the Atlas-3 Partners”.
The Licensor grants the Atlas-3 Partners a fully paid, royalty-free licence, in perpetuity, to publish and use the Media, in whole or in part, for materials relating specifically to the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas.
(If applicable) The Licensor has obtained permission from the subject whose likeness is featured in this submission for the use of the likeness in materials developed by or on behalf the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas, including posters, photographs, videos, films and multimedia products. The subject releases the Atlas Partners from all liability for any claim of infringement of publicity or privacy rights that the subject might otherwise have had in connection with the use of their likeness. The subject also agrees that the likeness or representations of their likeness may be exhibited, shown or reproduced in any media.
The Licensor agrees to allow the Media to be modified for use, including, but not limited to, cropping, and changes to contrast, brightness and colour saturation.
The Licensor warrants that they are the legal owner of the copyright in the Media. This agreement in no way prohibits the Licensor from providing the Media to others for their use, or prohibits the Licensor from using the Media for the Licensor’s own purposes.
The Licensor hereby releases and discharges the Atlas Partners from any liability for libel, invasion of privacy, and all causes of action and demands whatsoever which the Licensor may at any time incur as a result of any act, matter or thing whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the consent and authorization given by the Licensor in this Agreement.
The Atlas Partners agree to credit the Licensor by including the Licensor’s name as indicated herein, adjacent to the published Media.
The Licensor agrees their Media was taken in accordance with the Code of Ethics.
The Licensor acknowledges reading the entire Media Use Agreement prior to submission and is familiar with the content thereof.