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County Lists
The County Listing project encourages birding all over the state.
Only 2 birders so far have reported lists from all 62 counties,
but two others have over 40 county lists and several more have over
20. Several folks have enough in a single county to qualify for
the 200 patch. But this isn't just for the few high counters. It's
for all who enjoy documenting their experiences this way. And county
listing is more than just fun. The lists provide information about
bird distributions throughout the state and are used in the development
of county checklists. Send in your counts by the end of March each
year. The form for doing so is included in the January issue of
New
York Birders. Results are published in a later issue of
New York Birders. The
only requirement for participating is membership in NYSOA
or one of its member clubs.
State Life
List Patches
NYSOA offers handsome patches for birders whose New York
life list exceeds 200 and 300.
The purpose of the 200 and 300 patches is twofold: to encourage
New York birders to bird their own state and to encourage out-of-staters
to come here and bird New York. We love New York; birds love New
York; New York is the place to bird!
Anyone, member or not, can attain a patch by spotting at least
200 species of birds in New York State. There is no time limit.
Just send your list of birds, in checklist order of course, to:
Donald A.Windsor
PO Box 604
Norwich, NY 13815.
Our official New York State checklist is ideal, but other checklists
or copies of them, can be submitted. Only birds already on NYSOA
checklist count. The latest checklist is
available on this website.
There is no free lunch, so a nominal fee of $2.00 for NYSOA
members and $3.00 for
non-members is being charged to defray the cost of the '200' patches,
and '300'
patches are $5.00. Send that too (US funds only please).
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New
York State Ornithological Association
Black-necked
Stilt, photo by Angus Wilson
