In case it is not possible for you to enter your data online, there is also
a link at the top of that page for the printable form you can send me via
snail mail.
If you choose this option, PLEASE MAIL PAPER BY WEDNESDAY, 2/26.
As always, keep in mind that species not yet on NYSOA’s official NYS
Checklist of the Birds of New York State should not be included in your
counts.
Quick reminder -- no reports submitted in previous years are automatically
carried into the next. If you want to be listed in the 2024 compilation,
you must submit your numbers, even if they haven’t
changed since the last report you sent in.
Background and details are below my signature.
Please also renew your NYSOA membership if you have not yet done
so....thank you!
Carena Pooth / NYSOA
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BACKGROUND & DETAILS
NYSOA’s County and State Listing Project is a fun, friendly competition.
Started in 1992, it continues to attract new participants every year. Some
of our first county listers have not missed a single year since the
beginning (watch out, you might get hooked!). Here’s how it works:
After the close of each calendar year, participants send in as many of the
following as they wish to share: their LIFE list totals for all of NYS,
the 10 Kingbird regions, the 62 counties, and the PELAGIC ZONE
(PZ).
In addition, we have one YEAR LIST category – for the entire state - and a
SELF-FOUND list category (the number of species you found in 2024 without
being alerted to them by others or by eBird alerts -- or by any other bird
alert systems.
You can send in just one number or as many as 76, or anywhere in between –
it’s your choice depending on where you’ve birded and what records you’ve
kept. A compilation is produced annually and published
in NYSOA’s newsletter and also on the NYSOA website at
https://nybirds.org/ProjCountyLists.html. Forms, a map of the ten Kingbird
regions, and details on the Pelagic Zone are available on that web page
also.
Join in on the fun and see where you stand – statewide, region by region,
county by county – in comparison with other birders all over New York State
(and even outside the state). To see what the annual compilation looks
like, check out the archive at https://nybirds.org/ProjCountyLists.html.
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