Donors

Together we’ve raised over $78,000 through our Sponsor-a-Species campaign and one-time donations!

We are grateful to the following organizations and individuals for their donations to the Atlas. Every contribution helps support our mission of collecting breeding bird data while engaging the public in conservation. Thank you!

Fledglings (10,000+)

Nestlings ($5,000+)

    • Rochester Birding Association

Hatchlings ($1,000+)

    • Alan Devoe Bird Club
    • Janet Allison
    • Audubon New York
    • Buffalo Ornithological Society
    • Nancy Castillo
    • Cayuga Bird Club
    • Deborah Cohen
    • Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club
    • John Burroughs Natural History Society, in memory of John Burroughs—one of his favorite birds
    • Barbara Mansell, in memory of my dad, Merlin Arthur Evans
    • Leigh McBride & Mack McCormack
    • Stefan & Farah Mutchnick
    • New York City Audubon, in honor of Breeding Bird Atlas III volunteers in New York City
    • New York State Ornithological Association
    • Carena Pooth, in memory of Herbert A. Thompson
    • Dr. Brian Rohrs and Ms. Gayle Lazoration, in honor of the breeding BAORs at La Casa Mocha
    • Kathryn J. Schneider
    • Debbie and Jacques van Zyl, in honor of Tex Cooper
    • Ralph T. Waterman Bird Club
    • Gwen and Troy Weldy, in honor of Anne and Robert Hudgins

Nest Builders ($100+)

    • Richard Anderson
    • Anonymous (5)
    • Tim Baird
    • Mike Birmingham
    • Susan Boettger, in honor of the International Crane Foundation
    • Sandy Bright, in honor of the bird who sang at our marriage
    • Sandy Bright & Charlie Scheim
    • Katie Brown
    • Winnie Burkett
    • Winston T. M. Calhoun
    • Nancy Castillo & Lois Geshwilm
    • Chemung Valley Audubon Society
    • Anne B. Clark, in honor of Connor O’Horo Loomis-The Fish Crow-er
    • Deb Cohen & Edgar Masters
    • Deb and Edgar, in honor of Margaret, the CATBIRD lady!
    • Deborah Cohen, in honor of Kathryn, Marian, and Margaret
    • Daniel E. Crane
    • The Crow Research Group, in honor of our student members, past and present
    • Maria DeLuca
    • Bruce Dudek
    • Mary Jane Dugan
    • John W. Fitzpatrick
    • Steph Foraker, in memory of C. Merle Foraker
    • Four Harbors Audubon Society
    • Chris Franks
    • Lois Geshwilm
    • Great South Bay Audubon Society
    • Rebecca Gretton
    • Julie Hart & Daniel Schlaepfer
    • Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society
    • Susan L. Iannucci
    • intoBirds
    • John Burroughs Natural History Society, Big Sit 2022—The team saw 77 species in one day at Kingston Point Park in Kingston, NY.
    • John Burroughs Natural History Society, Big Sit 2023—Funds raised by the Kingston Point Coco Puffs: Mark DeDea, Wendy Tocci, Jess Prockup, et al.
    • Steve Johnson
    • Chris Kennelly
    • John Kent
    • Renee Kittleman
    • Linda M. Kleinhenz, O.D.
    • Kristina Kolesar
    • Gregory Lawrence
    • M. Carol Leber
    • M. Carol Leber, in memory of Alison Leber
    • Alejandra Lewandowski
    • Ernie Lewis
    • Patricia Lindsay
    • Patricia Lindsay, in memory of Holly Wilson
    • Patricia Lindsay, in memory of brothers Dan and Ken, and the peaceful times we spent with birds
    • Renee Lucier
    • Andrew Mason
    • Larry Master, in memory of Robert Rugg
    • Christina McLaughlin
    • Edgar A. Mearns Bird Club
    • Scott Meier
    • Steven Melcher, in honor of Odonata Sanctuary
    • Jackson and Steve Mesick, World Series of Birding 2022
    • Daniel and Lynn Miller
    • Mike Morgante
    • Mary Morrow
    • Karen Roberts Mort
    • Farah & Stefan Mutchnick
    • New York State Young Birders’ Club
    • Mary Normandia
    • North Country Bird Club
    • Northern New York Audubon Society
    • Odonata Sanctuary, in honor of the ANSS and the Melcher Family
    • Onondaga Audubon Society, in gratitude to Julie Hart, who provided an educational program on the BBA to our members & friends
    • Bill Ostrander
    • John Parker
    • Bonnie Parton
    • Vincent Pellegrino
    • Melissa Peterson
    • Karin Moot Quillinan, in memory of Kerstin Valborg Moot, my mother and my best friend
    • Steve Rappaport
    • Margaret Roach
    • Jeffrey Roth
    • Lynn & John Salmon
    • Saw Mill River Audubon
    • Charlie Scheim and the Indigo Bunting that sang at our Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch wedding
    • Beverly Schlesinger, in honor of Murry, who loved birdwatching
    • Bill Schneider
    • Donna Scott
    • Carol Simpson & Kim Merchant
    • Marian Sole
    • Michael Sprintz
    • James Sutton and Rich White
    • Anne Swaim
    • Jerry Thurn, in honor of the nesting colony in atlas block “East Aurora NW”
    • Wendy Tocci
    • Ulster County Big Sit—congratulations Mark DeDea, Wendy Tocci, and Jess Prockup
    • Mary Vanderkam, in honor of birdwatchers Dan and Alex
    • Gale VerHague
    • Joseph Wallace, to my father, Stanley, who introduced me to birding.
    • Frederick Werwaiss, in honor of Gretchen Werwaiss
    • Owen Whitby
    • Wild Birds Unlimited of Blasdell, NY (Marilyn O’Connell & Danielle Pecoraro)
    • Suan Hsi Yong

Songsters (<$100)

    • 2022 World Series of Birding Team “One Wren to Rule them All”
    • Mary Batcheller
    • Amelia Batchelor
    • Carol Brand
    • Donna Bridgham
    • Broome County Naturalists’ Club
    • Robert Buckert
    • Keigen Case
    • Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society
    • Eastern Long Island Audubon Society
    • Chris Edwardson
    • Susan Falotico
    • Claudius Feger
    • Judith Gustafson
    • Nancy Jane Kern
    • Lawrence Little
    • Kellen Mortensen
    • Diane Morton
    • Marcia Mundrick
    • LouAnn O’Hora
    • Ricki Ravitts
    • Gregg Recer
    • Janet Stein
    • Emily Van Gelder
    • Julie Zorach