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Breeding Bird Atlasing 2022

With Regional BBAIII Coordinator and DOAS Treasurer, Charlie Scheim

Friday, May 20, 2022 – 7:30pm on Zoom

Birders of all experience levels are invited to attend a presentation by Dr Charles Scheim regarding the on-going NYS Breeding Bird Atlas III. The BBA is a five-year effort conducted every twenty years to document which avian species live and breed in various areas of the state. The current BBA is New York’s third and was begun in 2020. Charlie is a Regional BBA Coordinator for Central New York. The presentation will discuss how the atlas is organized, what results have been accumulated state-wide and more specifically in Delaware and Otsego counties in the first two years, and what birders of all abilities can do to participate in this citizen science project.

Charlie has been a birder since his college days in the 1970s. He is  a member of the Board of Directors for the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society and has been their Treasurer since 2012. He usually leads a number of bird walks each year (with his wife, Sandy Bright) and gives a variety of birding presentations to various groups in our area. Charlie is currently a regional coordinator for the New York State Breeding Bird Atlas and covered a number of blocks in Otsego and Delaware counties during the 2000-04 Atlas.   He also does stream testing for the Otsego County Conservation Association and is a member of the Oneonta Susquehanna Greenway Committee. He is retired now, but was a mathematics professor at Hartwick College from 1980-2018.

This program is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required.

Register today at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cYtrDzqyRlW7OJT8dUIWbw

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Why Birds Matter...

Birds are important because of the role they play in the natural world as pollinators and seed disbursers, assisting with the balance of nature by eating insects. They also clean up things that would go unattended otherwise. Birds are important TO ME because of the kinship that I feel with another living species, and the joy that they bring to me year around. Encountering spring migrants feels brand new every time! I feel responsibility for their well-being and take care not to disturb their nesting with unnecessary sounds, disturbance or habitat destruction. I respect the incredible work they do to bring about future generations.
Becky Gretton
Becky GrettonDOAS Co-President
Birds have always been an early warning system for our environment–the “canary in the coal mine.” It was the decline in bird species high on the food chain that tipped us off to the dangers of DDT and other chemicals. More recently, high altitude and high latitude birds are demonstrating the first definitive effects of global change. If science had been more advanced in the 1800s, the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon could have served as a warning about habitat destruction. This not just about protecting the birds–although that is a worthy goal–but all of these threats will ultimately reach the human race.
Andy Mason
Andy MasonDOAS Co-President
In addition to being indicators for environmental health, birds matter because they allow people all over the world to enjoy and appreciate nature. Caring about birds often leads to caring about their habitats and creates a stewardship ethic to protect our natural resources. Birds connect communities.
Susan O'Handley
Susan O'HandleyDOAS Co-President
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