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JOIN NYSOA! DONATE    NYSARC Historical Database 1977-2023   JUST UPDATED with 2023 sightings & decisions Includes over 3800 rare bird sightings reported to NYSARC since its inception    NYSARC Reports Just added: 2023   White-winged Dove © Zach Schwartz-Weinstein County Listing A fun, friendly competition! 2025 Compilation is now online! Kingbird Archive 1950-2024 74 Volumes (296 Issues)   photo © Doug Gochfeld Show your Support with NYSOA Gear Apparel, Water Bottle, Tote Bag, Mugs, and more    Mark a milestone!      State Life List               Patches    To celebrate your 200    or 300 lifer milestone New York State Young Birders Club   Spotting a White-eyed Vireo at Muttontown Preserve		NYSOA's 79th Annual Meeting Join us online Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 5pm   Highlighting this event, our keynote speaker will be Sophie Osborn, author of Feather Trails - A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds.   During the meeting the Council of Delegates representing member organizations will elect NYSOA officers, directors, and members of the Nominating and Auditing Committees, and will address any other matters that might come before it. Attendees will hear reports from NYSOA officers, committees, and friends.   Delegates: Please review the draft minutes of the 2025 meeting, which will be finalized if the Council of Delegates votes to approve them. Minutes of the 2025 Annual Meeting   The tour group. Photo © Kristin Wellington Linnaean Society of New York. NYSOA Leads Jones Beach Island Trip   NYSOA held a fantastic team-building cruise onto Jones Beach Island on August 8, 2026. Representatives from NYSOA, Audubon NY, Bedford Audubon, Four Harbors Audubon, Great South Bay Audubon, Hudson River Audubon, Huntington- Oyster Bay Audubon, John Burroughs Natural History, Linnaean Society of New York, North Fork Audubon, North Shore Audubon, NYC Bird Alliance, NYC Plover Project, Queens County Bird Club, Rockland Audubon, Seatuck, and South Shore Audubon were on the cruise.   Hudsonian Whimbrel. Photo © Joe Abraham, Great South Bay Audubon It was a lot of fun meeting new people, networking, and watching the bountiful birds with NYSOA’s Shai Mitra and Pat Lindsay sharing their knowledge. Among the highlights were Western Willet, rare transient migrants in NY, mainly in early fall. The juvenile Eastern Willets seen were born in the marshes here; they are increasing in numbers. Hudsonian Whimbrel, fall migrants that mostly don’t stop here, but prefer uninhabited marsh islands (and beaches) when they do. A pair of young, powerful Peregrine Falcon sisters born nearby were practicing their impressive aerial tumbling and playful antics chasing each other around the marsh.   NYSOA Objectives The objectives of the New York State Ornithological Association are to document the ornithology of New York State; to foster interest in and appreciation of birds; and to protect birds and their habitats.   Code of Birding Ethics NYSOA endorses the Code of Birding Ethics developed and promoted by the American Birding Association.   Membership Individuals as well as clubs/organizations are enjoy the benefits of NYSOA membership, including our quarterly ornithological journal, The Kingbird, and our newsletter, New York Birders. In addition, individual (non-organizational) NYSOA members are offered 25% off the regular price for a subscription to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds of the World, an extraordinary online resource for highly detailed species accounts, maps, multimedia. and more.          Are you looking for information about birding in New York State? Check out our directory of member organizations with links to websites listing local field trips and other activities! NYSOA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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