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Atlas Insider: Our Newsletter
2024
- February – Final year sprint, focus on CE blocks
- March – Early breeding, Bald Eagle map, atlaser resources
2023
- February – Targeted atlasing in year 4, hiring techs, Common Raven
- May – Guidelines, Spruce Grouse, new guide to early spring breeders
- September – Data month, young birders’ weekend trip report, call to action winners
2022
- March 2022 – Year of the crossbills, early nesters, owling
- April 2022 – Early nesters, nocturnal atlasing, Horned Lark
- May 2022 – Merlin app, nightjar surveys, Amer. Three-toed Woodpecker
- June 2022 – Filling gaps, nightjar surveys – second window, Least Bittern
- July 2022 – Getting confirmations, finish blocks, Big Atlas Weekend recap
- September 2022 – Season totals, new assistant coordinator, Common Gallinule
- December 2022 – Winter birding, Long-eared Owl, atlasing with long COVID
2021
- January 2021 – Early nesters, Great Horned Owl, top atlasers
- March 2021 – Planning your atlasing, monthly challenges, Bald Eagle
- April 2021 – Nocturnal atlasing, American Woodcock, understanding behavior
- May 2021 – Grassland birds, Upland Sandpiper, nightjars
- June 2021 – Finding your way around blocks, Big Atlas Weekend, Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- July 2021 – How to confirm birds, Big Atlas Weekend results, Chimney Swift
- September 2021 – What to do in the off season, challenge winners, Red Crossbill
- October 2021 – Year 2 results, sponsor a species, White-winged Crossbill
2020
- February 2020 – The three Atlas essentials
- March 2020 – Atlas blocks in depth
- April 2020 – All about breeding codes
- May 2020 – Atlas portal, birding at home
- June 2020 – Getting confirmations, Atlas resources
- July 2020 – Fledglings, reading maps, marsh birds
- August 2020 – Block completion, documenting rare birds
- September 2020 – Sneak peek at results, breeding calendar
- November 2020 – Piping Plover, data review
Atlas Corner: Articles for New York Birders
Read the quarterly atlas articles featured in New York Birders, a publication of NYSOA.
These articles can be reprinted in your local club newsletter! Contact us if you would like the text in a Word document.
2024
January 2024 – Final Season Sprint
2023
October 2023 – Calling all birders for final year
2022
October 2022 – Winter courting waterfowl
2021
January 2021 – Great Horned Owl
April 2021 – Grassland birds
July 2021 – How to confirm birds
2020
January 2020 – Breeding Codes Part 2
April 2020 – Atlas Essentials
July 2020 – The Breeding Calendar
October 2020 – Year 1 Highlights
2019
January 2019 – Field Work to Begin in 2020
April 2019 – The Joys of Atlasing
July 2019 – Breeding Codes Part 1
October 2019 – Owls
TV & Radio
- WAMC Vox Pop Radio Show with Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart (1/7/20)
- 2 the Outdoors by WGRZ Channel 2, Buffalo (3/8/20)
- WAMC Vox Pop Radio Show with Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart (3/31/20)
- WAMC Vox Pop Radio Show with Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart (4/28/20)
- WAMC Vox Pop Radio Show with Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart (3/2/21)
- WAMC Vox Pop Radio Show with Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart (4/5/22)
- WAMC Vox Pop Radio Show with Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart (5/3/22)
- WAMC Vox Pop Radio Show with Rich Guthrie and Julie Hart (7/5/22)
- WGXC Radio, Beakuency: Meet bird people in the Hudson Valley with Julie Hart (3/23/24)
Julie became a regular on the Vox Pop Radio Show, subscribe to the podcast for more recent episodes!
Newspapers, Journals & Magazines
- Bird census data revealed. Adirondack Explorer, Saranac Lake (6/15/2023)
- For the Birds (pages 52-57) – Hudson Valley Magazine (4/2023)
- DEC Encourages New Yorkers to #RecreateLocal and Enjoy Birdwatching While State is on ‘Pause’ – NYS DEC (4/2/2020)
- Breeding bird atlas kicks off its third statewide survey since 1980 – Adirondack Journal (4/3/2020)
- For Scientists Who Study Birds, This Spring Is Without Precedent – Audubon Magazine (4/8/2020)
Press Releases
- DEC Seeks Birdwatchers to Contribute to 2020 Breeding Bird Atlas – NYS DEC (3/24/20)
- How To Participate: New York Breeding Bird Atlas – Audubon New York (3/24/20)
- Calling all New York State Bird Lovers: Your Help is Needed – SUNY ESF (3/24/20)
- Join New York’s Biggest Bird Survey – Cornell Lab of Ornithology (3/24/20)